To get away from here for a few days, we sailed to West End last week so I could fulfill that need "to shop"! All better now! While we were there, the winds changed direction from easterly to westerly, and was blowing @ 15 knots. The West End is not where you want to be for westerlies as the seas can get pretty rough. So we set sail to return to French Cay Harbor which is @ a 3 hour ("tour") sail. The winds were @ 12 - 15 kts with the waves 3 - 4 feet. As soon as we rounded the corner to the southern coast, the seas were flat and no wind...... so we motored! (Sure hate using up the gas.)
One reason to return here is that we are having a new hard top made that will not only better protect us in the cockpit but enable us to collect water, like a sistern, plus it will replace the canvas top on there now. The tropical sun does much damage to Sunbrella, as we folks from Florida know oh so well. Monday is the scheduled start day and should only take a week. Let's just see how it goes since they are on island time down here.
Weather report - HOT and MUGGY!
Next week I am taking a Scuba Discovery lesson. It is a four hour session for the newbie to determine whether scuba diving is for them (me) or not. A fellow cruiser is a Master Diver (his wife is my yoga instructor) and he will be introducing me to the sport. Never, I repeat never, in my life did I ever think I would scuba dive, other then when I was kid and played Sea Hunt in the bathtub -(somebody please tell me you did that too!!!) There is a LOT of equipment necessary - like skiing but heavier. Paddy just replaced his gear and wants to dive more, so with the gorgeous destinations we have planned, I need to give it the all American college try to enjoy the fun underwater! It is fun though to snorkel above him and enjoy the tickle of the air bubbles - like taking a Perrier bath....................oops! I'm in the tub again.
Will keep you posted.
Tonight we are going to the marina for a pot luck and dance------------ I'll be wearing my party flip flops.
Have a great weekend - here are some photos!
Namaste'
Interesting "yard art" by the outside lavatories.
The Queen in her garden!
Outside showers at Frenchy's.
Evening cocktails on the bow.
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