We’ve been on the dock now for a week and it’s been super rainy. We’ve only had one day where it didn’t rain (Dec. 17th) during the day so I was lucky that I picked that day to do laundry. There’s only a solar dryer here – lots of clothes lines!! The days are pretty low key as we open and close our hatches and cockpit many times with the intermittent rain. Jobs are progressing but few are completed yet. The new cockpit compartment is probably one day away from being done. The pulley job on the main engine is proving to be more difficult than Mark had anticipated. Lots of parts not wanting to come off and others needing special tools Mark doesn’t have! Fun stuff.
One job that has been completed is the installation of 2 little 12volt fans in our cabin. With all this rain, the aft cabin has been quite warm at night. Mark mounted and wired the fans back at Reynolds and now he has added speed control switches for each one. It was a mostly comfortable job, reclining on our bed!! It took a bit longer than expected (a typical boat job) but last night we used a little fans! And it was marvellous!!
The two French Canadian couples left on Monday – heading further south to the Exumas. We’ve now moved onto the dock so no more climbing over the big power boat. Not going to miss that!! It’s nice being on the dock. We will stay here now until we leave sometime in early January.
Our 5 pm happy hours are continuing each night and we’ve had a chance to meet everyone who is staying here right now. (There’s only one other occupied boat here at the moment). Allison and Jack are on a 51ft catamaran and their 2 sons have joined them in the past 2 days. We’re heading out for dinner tonight with them and Carolyn and Nick (our hosts) to celebrate Allison’s birthday. Should be fun.
Crimson Kathryn and her crew 