Heading North

Friends & Family,
We have turned the corner and are heading back north. Following is Elyse's update that is always better than what I write.

As she says, we are sitting in Rock Sound waiting out the weather. We think we are in a well protected place. We will see.

Life continues to be good. No pressure. Elyse was ready to sail on to our next spot but I felt there was no hurry and with bad weather coming it was best to stay were we know we are good. We continue to meet interesting people who are also cruising. Some like us live on their boats and others are able to travel for months at a time and then go to a "home". We have met a lot of Canadians. We are really getting into the islands. No hurry mon.

Elyse is pretty excited that I am growing a mustache. When I wear my straw hat that I bought in George Town she thinks I look like Tom Selleck.

We continue to learn about the boat and there are always things to fix. Today I cleared a blocked drain line by hooking up our air pump and blowing it out. I had Elyse with her head stuck in a cabinet under out bed looking for bubbles. I was in the engine compartment shouting, asking if she could see them. Tomorrow the project is removing rust spots on the stainless.

For our water we have to take jerry cans to shore. The restaurant near where we are anchored is going to allow me to fill my two 6 gallon jugs to bring back. Did you know that water is heavy? Elyse is always worried we will run dry. We carry over 200 gallons and have always been able to top off with no more than 3 jugs. Most of the time we have to pay for water. It is very dry here and in most places the water is desalinated from the sea water. In Long Island the owners of a resort rationed the people using their laundry mat. We may add a water maker this summer.

Our plan is to spend the next couple of months working our way back up north and to cross back to Florida the first of May. The sights are amazing. Yesterday when we were getting into our dingy to go back to the boat a small manta ray swam by next to us.

I hope your life is good and your dreams are coming true. I encourage you to pull up your anchor and cast off. As they say no one ever complained about having not spent more time in the office on their death bed.