We got off the dock on Mon at noon. This was a slow start but self imposed slow start. We had so many things to be attended to that we thought it was easier with the chandelier close at hand. Sometimes we were back and forth 2-3 times a day. Enough complaining the anchorage is lovely. We are at the north end of the island with Pigeon Island to one side and Sandals Resort on the other. It was very calm with just a gentle roll all night. We also had a swim off the back of the boat. Now I have a new concern chasing salt. You must rinse and dry yourself before going inside the boat or even sitting on the outside cushions. Bringing salt water in creates a lot of problems ...everything feels damp and never quite dries. Today we are going to explore Pigeon Island and go for a long walk and stretch our legs. Enough work for now. There is so little wind sailing will be another day. It is so calm we are just drifting around and the solar panels aren't even in the right direction. The joy here never ends!
On a bad note we did motor over here and have found none of the instruments worked. We had counted on the depth sounder but it flipped between 267ft and 50ft and 100ft none of which were right. This is another serious expensive problem. When we approached the anchorage Brian was deploying the anchor and I was driving the boat and we caught on the first try.
Heather and Kendra will be proud. On the upside we are one step closer to cruising just the same.
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