The captain is back in the locker again!
This time he is re-wiring the fridge which has been acting up this last week. It is a worry when you see the temperature rising on the freezer plate. We definitely do not want a melt down. Once again the captain amazes me and our fridge seems to be behaving properly once again. We have also had to BOAT (Break Out Another Thousand)...gratefully not a thousand but a couple of hundred for another battery. We were hoping to limp along on the one good new one and the three others but even with Hal charging up a storm of wind amps we haven't been able to hold our charge. We bought four new batteries last winter in The Bahamas and now Rob is suspecting that they may not have been Trojan batteries after all. The tropical climate is very hard on batteries but we shouldn't have needed to replace the two we have this year; however we are our own public utilites so we do what we have to do.
This picture shows laundry day on board Celebrian as well as the captain doing his varnish work. Washing sheets and towels on a boat is no small feat but they certainly dry on the life lines in a hurry.
We met Dennis and Arlene Webster and their son Scott (Tiger Lily 2) for lunch at The Phare Bleu and Marina yesterday. They are old friends of Rob's from many years ago and have been sailing in The Caribbean for 20 years. Dennis is a retired meteorologist and does a weather net on the short wave radio each morning. He will be a fantastic resource for us when planning any passages.
This picture shows me relaxing after sending the three blog updates. I spend many hours writing and working on the pictures for the blogs on the boat but once I get an internet signal I have to put it all together and upload all of my pictures. This can take hours as well if I have a lot to post or the signal is poor.
The flora and fauna in Grenada is incredible. I don't know what this plant is but it sure is huge?!?
Today is Tuesday March 19th and we have decided that there is a weather window to sail north to Carriacou and then on to The Grenadines. Carriacou is part of Grenada and about 30 miles north of where we are now. We cleared into Grenada in Carriacou last spring. From Carriacou we will sail north to the Tobago Cays. These cays are part of St. Vincent and The Grenadines. They are small islands lost in a mass of coral and the anchorage is protected by a huge barrier reef. There are beautiful beaches, clear water and wonderful snorkelling; however Rob has already warned me that the anchorage will be saturated with sailing boats. That being said it is a cruising destination that shouldn't be missed and we will see it for ourselves. It will be awhile before you get any updates from us since we will be sailing in more remote areas. With any luck we will have some good diving pictures to post with Rob's new underwater camera after we return to civilization.
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