Planning Day

Most of yesterday was spent planning the next couple of months. Our timetable is roughly the following :

Implied in this are two planned visits, both of which are booked. John’s g/f Ella will join us for a couple of weeks and Ben/Jess are now set to join us for 9 days in March.

Yesterday I also checked the bottom of the boat. Sadly the paintwork done by Grenada Marine is a little uneven as some parts of the hulls are pristine while others are collecting growth. Also, the leading edges are now collecting barnacles which I scraped off. I also decided to see if I could swim down and see the bottom (we’re in 50ft). I caught sight of the bottom at around 35ft but by then I was being stung all over by jellyfish. Coming up I came back through the layer of jellies so ended up being quite irritated with welts on arms and legs. Fortunately it all died down within an hour or so.

It wasn’t all work. Around lunchtime we saw a lot of activity in the water we several shoals of fish leaping about in the water. I, as well as a couple of other boats, headed out in my dinghy with my fishing rod to see if I could catch something. At one point I did get a large fish on the line but the hook didn’t catch. It passed an hour or so which was fun.

Today we’re off to Chapira to the south. This is the island where many countries have used to host reality shows. It will be interesting to see what’s there. It is likely we’ll be off the net for the next 2-3 weeks so pics will have to wait.

I have been trying all morning to upload my prepared tracks for the last month but there seems to be some sort of problem preventing me from doing this. This includes the track of our transit which will be interesting to some. I’ll try again soon but this may have to wait too.