The Winter Solstice!

Tuesday, December 21, 2010


Well the winds did die down last night! It probably would have been a nice evening to cross & a few boats did disappear from the anchorage as well as come in. It was a good morning to work on the lazy jacks. The water was calm and we managed to get the “A” line up and the “D” line through it with an eye splice to boot!

Wayne got the dinghy down and we went over past Peanut Island and over to the Riverside Marina for lunch and to use their ATM machine. Wow - $3.95 per transaction with a maximum transaction of $200. I’d say they have a moneymaking operation there! We had their ribs (on special) and they were tastey, then headed back to the boat for some more splicing.

Mary Clare and Axel called at the inlet right after dark and we could see their running lights in the distance. I grabbed the radio, flashlight and conch horn and went to the bow to signal them via light, where our position was in relation to the Red 6 marker. I could see her signaling back – Yay!!! As they got closer I blew the conch horn. Man was it loud! It echoed all over the anchorage LOL. In Hawaii they blow the conch horn to herald the coming of the king. In Georgetown, they blow it at sunset. Here, it was just to welcome back old friends from Alaska! It was so great to see Azaya’s silhouette with a full moon behind her! We had drinks aboard Kolibrie and got a chance to catch up and discuss heading down to Ft. Lauderdale tomorrow. The weather for tomorrow looks like a good day to make a run down the outside. We can hook up our autohelm, test our equipment, pump out make sure things are working before crossing for the Bahamas.