After 2,500 miles of sailing, constant maintenance, head in the bilge/engine every day, taking apart and putting back together motors and engines, cooking and cleaning and pampering, I am FINALLY allowed to write something on the blog.
Well here we are in Rum and Beer heaven, rum is $1.30 a bottle and beer is 29 cents a can, the only question is how much can we stow. Already have 71 bottles of rum and 8 cases of beer. We will visit the supermarket on Monday to get more and are conducting blind rum tastings to figure out which one is the best ! this is a serious business!
Love the supermarkets here if we use blackmarket to change dollars then every thing is incredibly cheap, and lots of selection.
Boats working well just the usual things breaking, as always maintenance, repair and renewal is the main job when cruising.
Plan to leave Margarita and head to la Blanquilla where we can swap band aids, cokes , candles, pens, paper and batteries for fish and lobster. Before we leave we will clean the bottom of the boat to make sure we can go as fast as possible. Then it's 340 miles to St Thomas where we will get ready to head north.
Joanna is doing very well on the boat for a newbie, learning lots and adapting to the boat life.
and enjoying it apart from the night passages (which she hates).
