A Soggy Start

A Soggy Start

We made it! Up at 6:00 am last Saturday to catch a 10:30 plane that was an hour delayed for de-icing. We arrived in George Town with two of our four checked items – cardboard boxes with boat parts and supplies – soaked and falling apart, as they had been left in the snow and rain before being loaded onto the plane.

But hey – we’re here! The sun is shining in an unbelievably blue sky, the water is calm, and we’ve dug our way out of the soaked cardboard chaos. Our first minor misadventure occurred as Jeff was filling the tanks with water jugs. The dinghy escaped and was halfway across the bay when we noticed. My captain jumped into the water, right next to a huge sting ray (gorgeous!!) and swam to the boat. With no small effort he managed to climb aboard (we usually use a swim ladder), and hurried back with the escapee 😊.

Now we’re having breakfast, and relaxing into the beauty of this place, before we continue the hard work of rust removal, bottom cleaning, rigging the boat with canvas and sails and organizing the mess below. And two additional challenges – the fridge isn’t keeping our food cold enough, and the septic system has a leak. ☹. It’ll all be sorted soon – and we might even make time for a hike today – all good.