Soon to be Cruising

It is Sunday afternoon in Marsh Harbour and the wind is howling . The new plumbing for the intake valve for the water maker is done and the captain is very pleased. He has spent the day under the pullman berth and in the head doing plumbing. Last year we ran into problems getting seawater into the water maker system because our intake valve was rising above the water when we were out in much wave. When we are motor sailing is when we want to run the water maker so we knew that the intake needed to be changed...thus the new plumbing and the new placement of the valve. We will get to try out the new system tomorrow on our way to Lynyard Cay.

The picture of the dog is Oreo. She is the queen of the potcakes on Green Turtle Cay and all this she does while getting around on three legs. I walked with her on the beach last weekend and I couldn't keep up to her.

The pictures taken in the cockpit show our new BBQ. So far we are really pleased and we even cooked tortilla pizzas the other night and they were great. Peter and Lynn will be impressed with Celebrian's new jewellery!?

The weather has finally warmed up so that we are now able to shower in the cockpit as demonstrated by the captain. The wind is blowing 25-30 knots today but is expected to slowly go down tomorrow so we should be able to make our escape from Marsh. I am ready to leave the rake and scrape capital of Abaco....the evening entertainment one gets to listen to when one is trying to go to sleep. If it hadn't been so windy we might have considered joining the party; however the reason we are often anchored here is because we are in such a protected harbour.

We are ready to go cruising....clean and clear water, dolphins, quiet bays, snorkelling, swimming and physio exercises in the sunshine.... and oh yes....naked varnishing....what more could you ask for?