Friday, 27 December 2019

Now This is More Like it ...



We’re starting to feel like we’re on vacation now – most boat parts are working, the cleaning is done, and we celebrated Christmas on the beach with a pot-luck lunch produced by about 150 sailors. Unfortunately all the work of the last two weeks has taken its toll on Jeff, who had to spend most of Christmas day in bed, resting.

Yesterday, I went to the beach, while Jeff puttered on the boat. I started with a yoga class on the sand – amazing to lie there listening to the surf and staring up at the blue sky and the Casuera trees, swaying in the wind. That was followed by some watercolour painting and a fresh conch salad for lunch. Then I took a ukulele class with fellow sailors, taught by one of us – such fun! Back to the big boat for tea and a late afternoon snooze, followed by a wonderful bar-b-que dinner (after three seasons, our bar-b-que finally works again). It doesn’t get much better than this!

It looks like we won’t be sailing for a few days, as our autopilot needs attention, and one of our fellow sailors offered to come by to consult today. He used to work for the company that makes the unit, so he just might know what he’s doing! Meanwhile, we’ll continue to enjoy this beautiful harbour and all the “adult Summer camp” activities with our fellow cruisers. Someday soon, I hope, we’ll be moving on North to Spanish Wells to get our boat bottom cleaned. Then we'll have some sailing adventures to report :).

















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