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December 1st, Thursday - Roadtown, Tortola,
BVI
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I'm sitting by the pool at Village Cay Marina, where we
first stayed upon arriving in the Caribbean on the 14th,
hoping the free wireless connection will work and I can
post a quick update. After a relaxing 6 days in
St. John, moving the boat only twice, each time less
than a mile, we are back on the move. During a
routine engine check yesterday, Joe discovered that the
alternator had come loose on the port engine. You
always worry when you see loose bolts lying on the floor
of the engine room. Upon further inspection, he
discovered that the loose wires had been rubbing against
the coolant hose and ripped it. It is a small
leak, but needs to be fixed. We motored over here
this morning on one engine, dropped the hook, cleared
into the BVI, grabbed a quick lunch at the marina
restaurant and Joe is off to buy some parts to repair
the damaged hose. We are hoping that it goes
smoothly and we can make it to a rendezvous with
Blueprint Match at Jost Van Dyke for sushi tonight.
Welcome to cruising: working on your boat in exotic
locations!
We
had a great day yesterday. We hooked up with a
charter captain, Glenn, who Joe had met in Annapolis.
He is here on a catamaran called "Equity" and is
currently in between charters. We've been hanging
out with him and our friends on
Cenou on the northern coast of St. John. Glenn
has a wealth of local knowledge and has been sharing all
sorts of tips with us on living aboard and making our
way around the area. Yesterday we moved the boats
from Maho Bay to Leichster Bay where we enjoyed some
really fantastic snorkeling right off the stern of our
boats. With his help, we all saw a whole lot more
in the coral than we have ever noticed before. He
spent much of the afternoon helping me make new hand
lines and setting up lures for our next fishing
expedition. I now have someone to blame if we
don't catch any more fish! (Just kidding, Glenn).
We've had some mellow days of hanging at the beach which
has been really great. The four girls piled into
the two kayaks yesterday and took a solo trip to a
nearby white sandy beach. It is great for them to
be able to get away from mom and dad for a few hours.
Imagine being stuck with your parents 24/7! Of
course, it was nice for the parents to be out of earshot
of the kids as well!
Our next big date is December 11th with Dan and Candyce
Fisher, AKA Gran and Gramps, arrive in St. Thomas.
We are counting the days until their visit. I
guess I will have to do a little Christmas shopping soon
as well! I have not a single present yet, if you
can imagine. \
After a bit of a scare with our camera, we seem to have
it working again. I posted a few new photos and
promise to get more up soon. We'll make it back to
the Bitter End to see "Jaimie" within the next couple of
days and I can connect from there as well.
Have a great weekend, everyone! You are never far
from our thoughts.
Love,
Christy, Joe, Cassie and Juliana
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Many thanks to our
friend Craig Homenko for his assistance in setting up
the website.
We also would like
to thank our buddy Scott Brunner who has been kind
enough to host the website on his server.
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