We spent our last full day doing odds and sods around the boat. We didn’t go ashore to Isla Grande but we did pop over to La Guarya to gas up the dinghy and one last bag of ice. Helen spent part of the morning doing some more cleaning. Being below in the gentle swell made her queasy so we ended up moving the boat a couple of hundred feet nearer to shore where the swell was more gentle. I did a few bits and pieces including cleaning the water maker strainer. It looked like a small urchin had been in there as the inside of the strainer was full of little spines.
We learned that there was snow in New Jersey and that flights may be delayed. I called the agent to make sure the taxi driver knew to check flight times rather than hang around if the kids flight is delayed. On the call I learned our sail material for the Code Zero is already in the country. Next week the agent will drop it off at the sail maker. With a bit of luck we’ll collect the repaired sail one end of our canal transit or the other.
The rest of the day we read.
That’s about it. Fingers crossed the kids will arrive on time and can spend a few hours on the island. I’m keen on moving on to the San Blas tomorrow. The beaches and sea will be much better than here so I don’t want to linger. If, somehow, we get bored of the San Blas we can stop by here on the way back to Colon in January.
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