Green Cay to Pipe Cay, Part 10
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In the morning, Francesca and Heide weighed anchor and after cruising about an hour, tied up at the station.
Externally, the Decca station buildings looked pretty good. Inside the walls had been stripped of drywall and debris was scattered about. There was one large building, roughly 1500 square feet and several smaller ones. At one time, there was a cystern, a number of large fuel storage tanks and generators. Our literature, did not give any details about the operation of the station.
Marv and I continued to explore the area by dink. We found that on the north end of the island there was a 25 acre parcel for sale and took note of the phone number. Later, when we returned to Nassau, I called the agent and inquired about the Decca station. The agent said that it had been sold but that the 25 acre parcel was still up for sale for 1.5 million. We weren't really interested anyway. If you think the land is high (for uninhabited island, scrub land) you should consider what it would cost to import the materials and labor to build something. Then, what it would cost to maintain it.
We remained at the station for about a week having constant 10-15 knot breezes and cool evenings. Our only concern was that if the breeze ever quit, a no-see-um attack could be expected. Not to be disappointed, the breeze quit and we were driven from the dock. Marge and I were especially targetted for saturation biting.
We decided it was time to move again.