Tuesday, December 25, 2012
Merry Christmas everyone! After showers and a last breakfast sandwich
at the Bath and Turtle, we proceeded to depart Virgin Gorda. Unfortunately when
we got back to the boat it started to rain so we decided to hold off a bit
before starting the engine. It started right up. A large catamaran had come in
earlier and docked at the cement walkway behind our boat and I was leery of
backing into him (I sometimes don’t back up well). So I warned him I don’t back well and he said
he’d throw out a fender or two. Anyhow by the time we were set to leave he
asked if we’d like help with our lines and I said “sure”! Problem was, I
couldn’t get the boat to go in reverse. It wouldn’t go… Talk about not backing
up well! We tied back up and kept playing with forward, neutral and reverse. It
finally started to reverse slowly while I kept gunning it. I’d forgotten that
when we replaced the throttle last season that reverse is just a bump away from
neutral, NOT all the way up. It seemed to make a difference and we finally
pulled out of the yacht harbor and had a nice sail over to Norman Island under
mostly sunny skies. The wind was with us and the swells were too so it made for
a very nice trip to the Bight where we picked up our mooring for the evening.
We were going to take Steph over to Billy Bones and the Pirate ship
but it was not to be… We had rum punches then Wayne lowered the dink. He
couldn’t seem to get it to start and ended up spending the rest of the daylight
hours working on the little motor while Steph and I chatted in the cockpit and
read.
So glad we bought salads and sandwiches from the store this morning!
I am glad to be away from my stalker on Virgin Gorda and the plan is
to head to Jost Van Dyke to clear out of the BVI tomorrow, then clear back into
the USVI in Cruz Bay.
I
hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas. Sometimes reverse is not meant to be,
in time or in boats but my memories did go into reverse to a place in time of
many Christmas’s and our boat carried us from reverse to forward to a new place
in Christmas memories. |
| Wayne & Stephanie at the helm on the way to Norman from Virgin Gorda |
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