May 30
As I as sitting at the helm, playing with the sails in 7
knots of wind and wishing we had more so we could shut off the engine, I watch the clouds drift across the sky and
realize how serene it was being in the middle of nowhere, absolutely no land in
sight with the sun beating on my back [it’s 8:00 am and we have already gone 8
miles]. The water is fairly flat and turquoise…only
12 feet deep. No other boats in sight,
and I love it.
So my question
is…am I content or lazy? It has been a whole year since we moved onto the boat,
and have I done any of the things that I had planned to do? I can’t even
remember what some of them were! My
day[s] consist of getting up, start the engine, sail/motor. When we have
reached the last way point, put down the anchor and make dinner, wash the dishes
and go to bed, when my eyes won’t stay open to finish the blog…usually around
9:00 pm. That’s generally a 15 hour day outside. Sometimes swimming if there’s
time or walking a beach. SO … lazy or
content?
We traveled 56 miles yesterday from Manjack Cay to Great
Sail Cay. There were about 20 boats in the bay when we arrived… most of them passed
us at some point through the day, and will probably pass us again. But they
gave us a good head start! We left at 7:00 this morning and they haven’t
appeared on the horizon yet! Although it’s a bit hard to tell, looking directly
east into the sun.
I
feel rather sad about leaving here, maybe because it is so laid back and no
stress. There are so many expectations when we get back to Canada. Not sure we
can manage them all.
I think I have developed an allergy to Snickers Bars! Every
time I eat one my skin starts to itch so badly I’d like to peel it off.
Damn!! I’m going to try a few more just
to be sure. We have been rationing them. ..half at a time. Good thing we will be in the States soon. They
are very expensive here.
Rick baked bread today… he’s out of bread too! And made some
crackers… like the veggie thins only with herbs . They are awesome.
So…later that same day …no allergy to the Snickers bar!
Whew! I think I just need
to rehydrate my skin.
We landed in West End at 5:50 pm. 10 minutes ahead of my
projected arrival time. What a pain!! Three boats all coming in at the same
time and of course we are last in line. The first guy gets in ok. He passed us
and has obviously been here before. The middle guy is looking for a special dock
so he can back in, and then wants directions on how to get to customs. In the
meantime I am waiting for a dock assignment and am in the Marina when someone tells
me to tie up on the west wall.
Seriously!??!?!There are four mega yachts along there and you want me to
squeeze into that tiny little space? And
there are supposed to be 2 guys there to help. So I said to Rick we are not
going in there…I will turn us around and tie up on the dock across the “road”.
As I start to turn up one of the “streets”
a sport fisher comes roaring up behind me, and has to stop. Because I am
NOT hurrying to accommodate anyone! I
manage to get us turned enough so I can dock but now the guy is yelling at me
to come over to the wall. So I back up between the mega yachts and pull into my
“parking space”. I must be getting good because Rick didn’t even yell at me this
time. And we are facing the right way to get away in the morning. We talked to
the owner of the HUGE Hatteras behind us, former Navy guy Larry and his wife
Deb and two of their kids, from Colorado. Really nice people.
There is a sport fisher up in front of the restaurant
playing really loud, really obnoxious country music. I think he is trying to
drown out the Junkanoo band playing on the dock. It’s Saturday… party night. Had we only know we would have anchored out,
but I SO want a shower and their internet is free… no, actually it isn’t… the
dock space s $3.00/foot and $15.00 for water so we are downloading TV shows we
missed and filling out water tank. The Hatteras
and the big boat in front of him are both leaving early so we won’t be the first
ones out of the harbour.
SO Gulf Stream tomorrow … 5knots of wind more or less…another
12 hours [52 miles] Going for my shower and
we will talk again when I get the US internet us and running!
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