January 17 Sunday
I forgot to tell you...yesterday someone came by with a
little wooden dinghy and asked if we knew anyone who wanted it. We took it
because...we can get a small mast for it and we already have a small sail so Quentin
will have a dinghy sailboat while he's here.
Yesterday when we got back from the beach there was a
boat that pulled in beside us. I was not happy about how close he was but the
guys said he was ok. This morning at 4:30 I woke up when the wind started again
and looked out th window. He was VERY close to us so I woke Rick up and he went
up front to look. He said the only
problem would be that his dinghy would snag our chain and make us drag a bit. I
think that's a big problem but....
At 5 am the guy was up and turning on his engine to move
because he was even closer! The winds keep clocking and swinging us around, so
it was nerve-racking.
Turns out the boat, Easy Goin' , is from Winnipeg . Wolfe
came by this morning to get some wire to fix his running lights and he is a
sailing instructor. He teaches at Gimli Yacht Club all summer and sails all
winter. He was in Fort Pierce and left when we did and was in Staniel Cay at
Christmas too when we were there. I
still think he was still too close!!
He came by to get some wire for repairing his running
light. It seems the water taxi was fixing something on his boat and didn't
realize he was still moving. He hit Easy Goin' and ripped off the running light.
We sold our drag behind generator that we bought from a
boat last year...we realized after we bought it that we don't do long enough
crossings to make it useful. It needs deep water and we don't travel in deep
water except across the Gulf Stream. And
there's another 100 lbs off the boat!!!!
We listened to Cordell's talk yesterday about the hurricane
and the aftermath. When Quentin gets here we are going out to help pot the 1000
breadfruit trees that he has ready to be sent to the islands. We talked about
composting too and the owner of Chat n' Chill says he will put up a composting
bin for the boaters to deposit vegetable matter in...moving right along!!!
We came back to the boat and moved to town side in
anticipation of me going to school in the morning and Rick going to do the
grocery run. It's a lot calmer over here too right now.
I finally figured out how to use my voice activated
software that comes in the computer. It works well but no-one wants to listen
to me talking to myself. Now if they could invent one that reads minds !!!
Later ...
1 comment:
So, where is Quentin?? Did he arrive? How was our first day of school :) Sounds like you'll be in for a busy few months. I hope the composting efforts pan out. Sounds like they'll need some good composite material for all their tree plantings. I know, it won't be ready in time, but for future endeavours... Have you heard from Sue since she got home? TTYL love ya. B
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