Well – we’re back in the hurricane hole
(where the boat lives), having spent the last few days getting Sea Change in
ship shape. Still lots to do, but we’re almost ready to roll.
Wednesday and yesterday we docked at George
Town for fuel, water, provisions, laundry, etc., and then headed over to “Chat
‘n Chill”, on our favourite beach, for a ukulele lesson for Marilyn (great!).
But now the wind has whipped up to 28 knots (a lot), and we decided to
high-tail it back to the Hurricane hole for safety and so that Jeff can scrape
the algae off the hull before we sail away.
Since Christmas is next week, we’ll stay on
this Island and join about 150 people from the sailing community in a beach
pot-luck lunch on Christmas day. Then we’ll be ready to head to points North
(weather permitting of course).
Meanwhile, we just heard a desperate plea
from one of our neighbors here, who discovered when he returned to his boat
this season, that it had been hit by lightening while he was gone. All of his
electricals are kaput, including refrigeration. So he, his daughter and her
boyfriend are eating out of cans. Of course, we invited them to dinner – so
I’ve just spent the afternoon cooking a ham curry, pasta, broccoli, a salad and
poached pears for dessert. That along with our favorite Bahama Mama drink (two
parts fruit juice to one part rum) and some red wine should make for a nice
dinner. They will be here in an hour, so got to go – I’ll write again soon.
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