Via SSB: test email..

...just to see that emailing from our SSB long range radio works!
JFK May 31, 2011

Lashing & Scraping!

Lashing down the dinghy on deck is part of our normal pre-passage prep; but scraping off barnacles all over the hull, thank heavens, is a first! Happily we have Barnacle Bro Jim aboard and one of his post-grad degrees was in Nautical Scraping!

Larking About is ready for passage, so this afternoon we will follow our tradition and relax and have a snorkel on the magnificent reef at the north end of Luis Pena, which also happens to be downwind, so we will be able to check out our sails before passage. All being well, we intend to set sail tomorrow morning for a 900 nm sail to St. George's, Bermuda.

Best to all our Blog readers,
Nancy, John and Bro Jim
5/31/11, 12:30AST still at anchor in Bahia Almodovar, Culebra, Spanish Virgins

Getting ready in Culebra...

...for passage to Bermuda. We are sitting in Bahia Almodavar, in six feet of 85 degree water, and we just spent quite a lot of effort scraping the barnacles off the bottom. We returned yesterday to LA after a six week stay in PA, and boy do those barnacles love LA's bottom when she sits still in a PR marina for 6 weeks! We have got most of the cr*p off, and we will prep the rest of the boat tomorow. Happy to report that all systems are fine and dandy, and we now have 10 meals prepped and in the freezer ready for our passage. Bad news is the wx forecast: not unusual for this time of year here, we have very light winds forecast for the next 7 days to Bermuda: ah well, maybe we get to fly the gennaker across the ocean!
Best to all from Admiral Nancy, Capt. John, and newbie Number One- Bro' Jim.

JFK May 30, 2011 at 1600 AST 1817.7N 6515.3W