So far so good! We're having a good
time and we get along very well. Arie and Frits did a very good job
in getting the AIS running, but is was a challenging job. It took
them hours, it was hot and there wasn't much room to work and they
had to solder very tiny parts. Anyway they got it done and it works
perfect.
In the mean time Eline and I went to
the supermarket to do the shopping. However, the one we wanted to go
to was closed Sunday's and the next one the taxi drove us to was
extremely expensive.
So we decided to wait until Monday.
Andy and Rene did a good job in fixing
a new hull through fitting but when they wanted to mount the sea
cock, there wasn't enough room to make the turns. So they went back
to Budget Marine to get a straight connector and fixed it.
In all it took way more time to get
back in the water. Not that that is a problem, we all are fine with
it, it's just what it is and we're not really in a hurry or
something. We talked about the plan this morning and decided not to
rush, we're not obliged to leave today and also we don't have to go
to Antigua, which is 90 Nm straight upwind :-*
We still want to do a first short trip
before the crossing so instead of Antigua we will go to St. Barth,
that's upwind too but only 20 Nm :-)
The anchorage looks very promising and
it would be nice to have a real tropical swim before we leave :-)
Marie, Andy's wife drove us to the
supermarket this afternoon. They really are very friendly and
helpful. But then again, Andy is a sailor too. He crossed the
Atlantic about 60 times, 3 circumnavigations and a lot of racing.
Doing the shopping was fun. The four of
us together with Marie went over to CostUless. Everybody was
collecting stuff. Eline, who was in charge of the list, wasn't
getting anywhere :-) So every 25 minutes or so we had to stop and
give her a chance to check the list again. Anyway, we got everything
quite easy and Marie was really a great help in driving us.
When we finally got back to the boat it
was about happy hour and a great dinner at Curry in a Hurry's.
This morning we got all the stuff
delivered and got all the remaining things done, filling up the water
and fuel tanks, go over to immigration and lots more.
At 4:30 pm we'll finally be off then
for our first leg to St Barths :-)
