Came back from a swim the other day and while rinsing out my bathing suit I read the tag. Seems it's 82% Antron Nylon, 18% Lycra Spandex, 57% Tactel Nylon, and yet another 43% Lycra Spandex. Also not for use in spas or hot tubs. Wowser.
We bailed out of the BVI on Tuesday. It's the busiest week of the year for charterers, and we seemed to be right in the middle of loud-mouthed shnook territory (LOOK AT DADDY DYLAN!! LOOK AT THE CAMERA!! OKAY DYLAN, NOW JUMP IN THE WATER!! WAVE TO DADDY DYLAN!!OKAY NOW ETHAN, LOOK AT DADDY, COME ON ETHAN!!! JUMP SWEETIE!!!!).
Little Harbour, on Jost Van Dyck, looked pretty quiet at first, but by sunset, there were 28 charter boats on moorings, and us, anchored, and more charterers arriving and trying to anchor. Yoicks. We upped and scooted around the corner to a place with no moorings and anchored again and felt...delivered.
Consult with Mi Amante suggested the bail-out option the next morning, so we checked out at Soper's Hole and now we find ourselves in relative peace and quiet in Rendevous Bay, St. John's. We'll head back to the BVI in a few weeks - it's only a few miles away.
Mi Amante is having engine trouble, so they're anchored in a fog of diesel fumes. Everytime we see a head in their cockpit, we watch for the "whoo-hoo" signals, but no exuberant dance yet. Perhaps there will be a puff of the correct coloured smoke at some point. Michelle and I took time off from diesel and paint fumes to walk around the rocky shore and look for shells. Mostly, we looked at the rocks - they're just beautiful. Every shade from deep purple to mauve, orange, brilliant reds and greens. Only two shoes, and some plastic bottle tops. The USVI are so very much cleaner than anywhere else in the islands. St. Martin may just take the prize for most thorough and visible spread of trash.
Speaking of mess, we are killing messy jobs now that we are contemplating showing off the boat to prospective buyers. Randy is ruining his back (or so it sounds) sanding and painting the cabin sides. I have painted the cockpit floor (exactly the same surface as a stroopwafel - tiny little perfect indentations all over) and it's lovely, clean and white. Seems a bit hard to have the boat looking her best after we've made the decision to sell. Hasn't been easy in any way to think about letting Nancy D go to someone else. But we are in agreement, and it seems like the right time. As right as it will ever be.
Some snorkelling will be in order if it warms up. Yes, we've been wearing long sleeves and I even had the jeans on last night. They're too loose. I'm missing Edna's brown bread and microwave popcorn. I defrosted the fridge and we were happy to find a nice steak down in the pit. Cooked it for dinner and couldn't eat it - it had that nasty, neglected too long taste. And because snorkelling is on the schedule, we don't throw food overboard. Storing garbage - another interesting aspect of cruising.
Tonight will be an excellent (I hope) meal to celebrate Old Year's Night with Michelle and Charlie. Once again, we'll celebrate at GMT, and we'll all be in bed happily digesting by 9pm. May your celebrations be as felicitous, and your coming year full of happy surprises.
sb/rs
We bailed out of the BVI on Tuesday. It's the busiest week of the year for charterers, and we seemed to be right in the middle of loud-mouthed shnook territory (LOOK AT DADDY DYLAN!! LOOK AT THE CAMERA!! OKAY DYLAN, NOW JUMP IN THE WATER!! WAVE TO DADDY DYLAN!!OKAY NOW ETHAN, LOOK AT DADDY, COME ON ETHAN!!! JUMP SWEETIE!!!!).
Little Harbour, on Jost Van Dyck, looked pretty quiet at first, but by sunset, there were 28 charter boats on moorings, and us, anchored, and more charterers arriving and trying to anchor. Yoicks. We upped and scooted around the corner to a place with no moorings and anchored again and felt...delivered.
Consult with Mi Amante suggested the bail-out option the next morning, so we checked out at Soper's Hole and now we find ourselves in relative peace and quiet in Rendevous Bay, St. John's. We'll head back to the BVI in a few weeks - it's only a few miles away.
Mi Amante is having engine trouble, so they're anchored in a fog of diesel fumes. Everytime we see a head in their cockpit, we watch for the "whoo-hoo" signals, but no exuberant dance yet. Perhaps there will be a puff of the correct coloured smoke at some point. Michelle and I took time off from diesel and paint fumes to walk around the rocky shore and look for shells. Mostly, we looked at the rocks - they're just beautiful. Every shade from deep purple to mauve, orange, brilliant reds and greens. Only two shoes, and some plastic bottle tops. The USVI are so very much cleaner than anywhere else in the islands. St. Martin may just take the prize for most thorough and visible spread of trash.
Speaking of mess, we are killing messy jobs now that we are contemplating showing off the boat to prospective buyers. Randy is ruining his back (or so it sounds) sanding and painting the cabin sides. I have painted the cockpit floor (exactly the same surface as a stroopwafel - tiny little perfect indentations all over) and it's lovely, clean and white. Seems a bit hard to have the boat looking her best after we've made the decision to sell. Hasn't been easy in any way to think about letting Nancy D go to someone else. But we are in agreement, and it seems like the right time. As right as it will ever be.
Some snorkelling will be in order if it warms up. Yes, we've been wearing long sleeves and I even had the jeans on last night. They're too loose. I'm missing Edna's brown bread and microwave popcorn. I defrosted the fridge and we were happy to find a nice steak down in the pit. Cooked it for dinner and couldn't eat it - it had that nasty, neglected too long taste. And because snorkelling is on the schedule, we don't throw food overboard. Storing garbage - another interesting aspect of cruising.
Tonight will be an excellent (I hope) meal to celebrate Old Year's Night with Michelle and Charlie. Once again, we'll celebrate at GMT, and we'll all be in bed happily digesting by 9pm. May your celebrations be as felicitous, and your coming year full of happy surprises.
sb/rs
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