tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4165064397898193972024-03-04T21:22:45.714-08:00AGUA THERAPY with Don and Glenys GrahamNow on our transition between Agua Therapy a Hunter 45cc sailing yacht, to another boat Pearl a trawler yacht.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger132125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-416506439789819397.post-51792502053915023082016-05-29T10:06:00.002-07:002016-05-29T10:06:43.934-07:00Bye Bye Aguatherapy, Hello Pearl<h2>
Bye Bye Agua Therapy, hello Pearl</h2>
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Well as they say "all good things come to an end" sometimes.<br />
However, let the next chapter begin. This is what we have been doing and although its been a while since the last blog we thought we would stay off the radar for a little while to see how things turned out.<br />
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As of mid May Agua Therapy went to her new owners, we hope that they have as much fun and use her as we did.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">At anchor somewhere in the Caribbean. </td></tr>
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We had already started our search for the next boat, in fact we had been looking at others for a few months but not seriously until the deal was closed.<br />
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The next adventure will be completely different, a boat without those big white flappy things to push us along. Some say we are moving to the "dark side", we don't see it like that, in fact the opposite.<br />
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While we looked at boats the search confirmed all the "boxes to be ticked" so we could narrow the search. The hunt took us all over Florida, over to Tennessee, up to Virginia and Maryland, so we went through several US states.<br />
As we had booked a rental property in Naples Florida, we were on the way back there but passing by Jacksonville on the east coast of Florida and there was just one boat to see, we had discounted it as it looked as if the galley was down below which is what we didn't want but we went to see her anyway.<br />
Thats when we saw Pearl, what a very unexpected surprise!<br />
There was someone onboard doing a service on the generator which is always a good sign to see a boat being well maintained. In fact its pretty obvious by the look at everything in more detail that she has been well taken care of.<br />
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As we have had a power boat before, the requirements, apart from 2 engines are very different, the old one did 38 knots and used way too much fuel, the next one we need it to sip fuel.<br />
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Reasoning: So what's it all about then I can hear you asking, well comfort and being able to live more above decks. Not having to wait for the wind in the right direction but that will still be a consideration, we want little wind if none. As much as we like to travel we found that Agua Therapy couldn't go to the places we had in mind for the future, for example the "Man Friday Islands"(deserted, uninhabited places) in the Bahamas where the water is, lets say, very "skinny".<br />
The ICW which is the inland waterway and the route named the Great Loop is way to shallow and there are lots of bridges too low for a boat with a big 60ft plus stick with bits on top. So the only way is to explore with a shallow draft boat without a mast.<br />
I will explain the Great Loop in another post, its not something we intend to rush and there is so much planning to do anyway.<br />
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We consider ourselves extremely lucky to have found another boat in such a short time as we know its taken others years to find theirs and that was out of the question trying to live in the US without a home.<br />
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So the next step is an Ocean Alexander 48 Classic, equipped with 2 Yanmar 240hp engines. We close the deal in 2 weeks ( June 10th 2016) then we are ready to move onboard.<br />
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Pearl is a trawler style but with a semi displacement hull, the top speed of 10 knots, its not that we need the speed and we won't be travelling at that rate. What's the point we want to see things not whizz past.<br />
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Not only have we found what we consider the boat for us but, she is pretty much turnkey, just add the toothbrush so to speak.</div>
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Here she is, not my picture but she will have many many more taken of her.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Pearl" yes we like the name so we are keeping it.</td></tr>
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Before any comments, yes, she has a mast but it lowers so we can go through those low bridges, having a draft of 4ft means chilling in the Bahamas and the Florida Keys.<br />
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So I won't go on until we are back on the water, more photos on the next blog.<br />
We are keeping the domain aguatherapy so e-mails are as usual.<br />
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BFN<br />
Glenys and Don.<br />
<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-416506439789819397.post-19268111554957908102015-12-09T18:41:00.001-08:002015-12-09T18:41:56.249-08:00Here are the links to our land trip, still don't fancy being "dirt dwellers" yet<br />
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http://australia-don-glenys.blogspot.com.au/2015/12/australia-trip-with-don-and-glenys-part1.html<br />
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and this one is the latest<br />
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http://australia-don-glenys.blogspot.com.au/2015/12/more-news-from-australia.html<br />
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Sorry you will have to cut and paste into the browser to see these blogs<br />
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BFN<br />
from Down under<br />
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Missing being on the water<br />
<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-416506439789819397.post-87522366257120809042015-12-03T15:41:00.001-08:002015-12-03T15:46:54.039-08:00Time to leave the USHi all,<br />
this is just to say we have to comply with our visa conditions for the United States so, its bye bye from Agua Therapy for now.<br />
However many of you have asked what we will be doing, if you are interested you can follow our travels.<br />
So here is the link<br />
australia-don-glenys.blogspot.com.au/2015/12/australia-trip-with-don-and-glenys-part1.html<br />
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So sorry but as the page has forward slashes this system won't let me use a permalink so you will have to copy and paste it in your browser.<br />
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BFN<br />
Glenys and DonUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0Perth WA, Australia-31.9535132 115.85704710000005-33.6775717 113.27526010000004 -30.229454699999998 118.43883410000005tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-416506439789819397.post-54248249835136398842015-10-01T05:55:00.003-07:002015-10-01T05:55:57.581-07:00Fort Lauderdale part 2<h2>
Fort Lauderdale part 2</h2>
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Here are a few pics of us when we hauled out in May.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The old paler blue bottom just after washing, it wasn't too bad, mind you we cleaned underneath as often as we could along the way.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 16px;">Prop back together and greased</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">All done, shiny sides too</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Don is just doing the underside of the keel</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The next scary bit, always a tense moment</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">On the dock at Cooley's Landing</td></tr>
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While Don worked on the outside I was busy giving the inside a bit of a facelift.<br />
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Along the riverfront are a couple of "Irish bars" and a few nice places to stop and eat.We have walked into Las Olas a couple of times which is not far from the place that we stayed in 2013, its full of designer shops, exclusive boutiques, art galleries, very posh restaurants and the whole area is lined with Bentley's Ferrari's Maserati's, Porche just to mention a few. Oh and the "posh" folks to go with them.<br />
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We have rented a car for most of our time here as there always seems to be things that we need that are miles away, not just for "boat bits" but to eat out, visit friends and go to the cinema.<br />
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Along the riverfront are a couple of buildings which are pretty old, now the museum so we went one afternoon. Not that anything here is very old but it did give us an in-site to local history. I won't bore you with the details but if you like you can read about more yourself. <a href="http://www.fortlauderdalehistoricalsociety.org/">http://www.fortlauderdalehistoricalsociety.org/ </a><br />
The website isn't too good but does explain a little.<br />
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Of course we constantly check the weather for any signs of hurricanes after all we are in "the zone" the area did have one waring which turned into nothing really but we had "superyachts" come past us for at least a week to seek shelter further inland and gain when they returned to where ever they had come from. We do get thrown about when they come past going way too fast but not as much as the "nutters" every weekend using the free slipway'e next to us. This is supposed to be a "no wake" area to protect the manatees but folks ignore it.<br />
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Since being here we took a 4 day trip "down" to the Florida Keys for a break.<br />
We did like the place but its way too "touristy" for us, we thought one day we may visit on the boat if we could find somewhere shallow enough but now we won't bother. The highlight was to see our first Manatee, not that we could see much of it but we did see one. Typical ! the camera was in the car.<br />
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We did see the African Queen the boat they used in the film, its one of Dons favourite films<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This cheeky fella watched us eat dinner</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Don on our swinging seat for dinner</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A lunch stop, they did excellent crab chowder</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A golden breasted woodpecker, it lives near the new dock</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is where we are at Cooley's</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">When we took a trip along the river to find a dock this is what we found</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bet thats fast, ugly but fast</td></tr>
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At the moment we are getting ready to leave, not too far, just a mile or so along the river to a non live aboard dock so its cheaper while we are away. Off we go mid October to comply with the US rules that we must leave after 6 months. Obviously to visit family and friends in the UK, check on the house in Spain and then!<br />
The next big trip, Australia for just over 3 months, we will stay with my favourite sister in law Lisbet, Dons sister, she lives in Perth. All being well in the new year (flip where is the time going) want to go to Sydney and a few other places but have nothing planned yet. We do hope to see some of our cruising buddies we have met along the way, we will see.<br />
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Back here in mid March 2016.<br />
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I'm sure there's lots I have forgotten but you can always ask.<br />
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BFN<br />
Glenys and Don<br />
Agua Therapy<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-416506439789819397.post-45791105102823582282015-09-30T18:17:00.000-07:002015-09-30T18:17:57.814-07:00Fort Lauderdale part oneFort Lauderdale - yet again!<br />
As most of you know this is our second visit here, the first time in 2013 when it was only going to be a stop off before heading north, we stayed over 7 months, what?<br />
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So at the end of May we came in and stopped at the City dock for a few days then arranged a lift out at Playboy marine so that the anti foul, waxing, general "bottom jobs" could be done. That meant staying off the boat in a hotel which was welcome as our bed didn't move, great.<br />
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When we first made landfall in the town it was only a short walk to the local supermarket "Publix" reminding us that you can buy pretty much anything here. It was so difficult to not fill the trolley to the brim and only buy the essentials. Having said that I couldn't resist walking down all the isles where the freezer cabinets light up as you walk by them, childish I know but I found it funny trying not to giggle as I did so.<br />
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So the task began, Don sanded down the hull, stripped the prop, replaced the bumpers, all the anodes, had the cutlass bearing pulled off and replaced then repainted after numerous coats of primer. I'm not mentioning all the details but as you cruisers out there know its not so simple as that. Don worked very hard and did a splendid job. I will post pics on part two of this blog.<br />
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After almost 2 weeks we "splashed" then went back to the city dock for a few days then moved along the river inland to Cooley's landing.<br />
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Cooley's has better facilities than the city dock, WiFi, a great laundry, showers and lots of ducks. No I didn't mean to say docks I did say ducks, lots of families which seem to continually breed.<br />
We like ducks so please forgive all the pics, by the way they are qackless but the babies sort of squeak and the adults make a gentle snorting noise.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Love this sign, pity its not near us where the ducks are </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Following mum and dad, Can I hear you saying arrrrrrrr ?</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I'm afraid this poor thing didn't survive</td></tr>
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We are close to 7th avenue bridge which after a time you get used to the bells ringing when it opens and closes on demand for boats that can't get underneath, in fact as I write this its bells are ringing now and has done several times since I started writing. The bells are not so noisy at night maybe they turn them off but the lights flash a lot.<br />
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Its a lovely 15 or 20 minute walk to the supermarket depending on which way you go so I tend to walk the long pretty way along the river going and return the quicker way with the food as its pretty warm here.<br />
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From here its a nice walk along the river front, free water taxi's operate but don't go very far, we did a short return one day as the weather looked grim. On the 1st Sunday of the month there is an free open air music concert in a couple of places and crowds take their own seats, sunshades, food, dogs and just about the kitchen sink. There are food stalls too for those that don't bring their own. Its a nice friendly atmosphere with lots of folks dancing.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is a bank named the 5th and third, weird name. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lots of high rise here</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Wells Fargo bank, its our bank, yes they use a coach and horses logo.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bank of America</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Its a long way up or down depending on how you think</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">yet another high rise, love the reflexions</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Taking tourists along the river, they have a running commentary as they go along, we hear the same story every day as they pas us, sometimes they wave and cheer at us. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Not sure about this and its meaning but its next to the court and jail </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I quite like this</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Maybe waiting for a bus? </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">These guys are watching you!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A green Heron</td></tr>
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I'm sure I have missed things out but I can add bits in the next blog.<br />
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BFN<br />
Glenys and Don<br />
Agua Therapy<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-416506439789819397.post-61664684134637780742015-08-16T17:08:00.001-07:002015-08-16T17:08:34.492-07:00Bahamas, the last before the Land of PlentyBahamas, the last before the Land of Plenty, meaning the USA of course.<br />
Sunday 10th of May 24° 10 N 76° 27 W<br />
So as I mentioned we are off to Warderick Wells, a place that we visited on our first trip north. We contacted the ranger by VHF and arranged a mooring in advance, thats the way it has to be done as there aren't many and there can be a waiting list, we were luck and so just a short sail from Big Majors spot.<br />
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A 07:15 start, its only just over 20nm so we should be on a ball for 11:30.<br />
with the wind almost behind us, sea state good and between 13-15 knots so we aren't going anywhere fast.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The darker blue water is where its deeper and has the moorings.</td></tr>
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Picked up one of the moorings around 11:30 at 24° 23 N 76° 38W<br />
Checked in for a couple of days giving us enough time to explore, take our Agua Therapy sign for Boo Boo hill as I doubt the old one is anywhere to be seen.<br />
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The view from Boo Boo hill is spectacular.<br />
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We took the dinghy outside the park to the opposite side of us, to Paradise trail and explored until we reached the other side.<br />
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We saw Richard and Jan from Morpheus of London coming in to join us so we passed by and arranged sundowners later that day. Great entertainment from the Hutia's, lizards and sugar birds.<br />
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06:36Tuesday 12th May. Left at high tide to cross the sand bank out into the sea heading for West Bay, Highbourne Cays.<br />
Just outside the park even though its high tide here we still had a moment being very close to the bottom, depth sounder suddenly went from 1mtr to zero.<br />
Up went the cruising chute as the winds were pretty low at around 12-15 knots, it was a nice short sail just 30nm or so.<br />
We managed to anchor in 1.7 mtrs of crystal clear waters with protection from the reef so we didn't roll about. 24° 43 N 76° 49 W<br />
Didn't go ashore just chilled out watching the world, fish and charter boats come and go.<br />
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Thursday14th May, 08:45 a late start, again very little wind.<br />
Its a 53 mile trip and we want to get in before the light fails. Took advantage of the cruising chute as the wind was low but just right, the weather by 13:01 decided it was time to bring down the chute it had other ideas, squalls with up to 25 knots oh flip! So on with the iron horse and just the headsail.<br />
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The squalls lasted until 16:49 and then the wind disappeared completely, we dropped the anchor by 18:00 in another West Bay, New Providence Island.<br />
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As we approached the entrance the conditions weren't good, squall plus raging waves heading our way not nice! Well for the first time ever there was a solid wall of green water which made its way over the bow, decks coachroof, and sprayhood then down the companionway, I was just too late to do anything about it. We were pretty concerned about getting over the sandbank in through the entrance to the bay hoping the swell wouldn't bring us down with a bump. Phew glad that was over. <br />
Friday 15th May. Had a reasonably peaceful night before setting off at 06:55 back over the sandbank at high tide, much calmer leaving than coming in. Full main and headsail now with just 15 - 18 knots. A 29nm trip to Bird Cay.<br />
Bird Cay, we were all alone at anchor by 11:15 but it is pretty rolly here, the trick here is to go as close ashore for protection, in fact there isn't much its a low lying island but not so close to run aground. Nothing to see here just another deserted island. So the plan the next day was to go a little further West to Chub Cay.<br />
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Saturday 16th May, engine on and a very short trip to Chub cay, it was a very short stay after we dropped the anchor outside the marina entrance. Way too shallow and very rolly. When a couple of boats came past we decided that being so close to the entrance was a bad idea so back we go to Bird cay again.<br />
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Ok its Sunday 17th May, this is the last overnighter, heading across the Bahama banks directly to Fort Lauderdale.<br />
A 07:00 start, its about 122 nm to the entrance to the bay so we should be there by very early morning. All went well until 11:32 when the squalls thought they would yet again entertain us. Down came the cruising chute, engine on and the headsail to assist us. Turned out to be pretty rolly for a few hours.<br />
We made our heading for pretty much Miami knowing that when the Gulf stream had us in its grip we would be pushed pretty quickly past our destination. Well that was the plan anyway, we were doing so well, it was my watch and I saw on the AIS three huge barges which were going to be in our path if we didn't do something about it. So I called Don to help out, just as we were about to hail the closest one they called us, thats the benefit of having an AIS unit which transmits our information. Although we knew their course and speed we took the decision to change course and head north so we would pass astern of them and the two others following. It seemed to take hours, the first one was towing a barge 1200 mtrs long. So our intended course went somewhat wrong, the evil Gulf stream dragged us north and it was a pain to get back to the entrance.<br />
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Oh well thats the Bahamas for now.<br />
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Next blog Fort Lauderdale.<br />
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BFN<br />
Glenys and Don<br />
Agua Therapy<br />
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The weather now is much better in some respects although squalls can be a surprise we don't want. The wind now predicted to be in the right direction but very much depleted so its more motoring for us.<br />
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A 07:15 start so we can be in Rudder Cay nice and early in fact we had gone through the cut on an ebb tide with a 2 knot current against us, dropped the hook at 13:44.<br />
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Only 2 other yachts in when we arrived but others arrived later. Its a very pretty place another crystal clear sea and white sand beach however the island is private and has a trespassers warning sign and solar powered cameras on tall poles.<br />
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We had read about a sunken statue which sounded worth a look so off in the dinghy for us with the snorkel gear, there's really no need for diving gear here the water is very shallow and there is not much to see apart from the odd shark.<br />
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The Statue of a mermaid with a Steinway piano sat waiting for us, it did take a while to find. Apparently she was provided by David Copperfield the illusionist which was close to his island of Musha Cay but he had so much attention by the crowds he had it re located to Rudder Cay.<br />
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8th May Great Majors Spot<br />
Just a 7 hour trip I won't say sail as we had to motor for most of it, just the headsail for a little while. So here we are in Staniel Cay for the second time, we tried to anchor just a little way from the town but the depth yet again was too shallow so back to almost the same place on our first time here in Great Majors spot.<br />
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Otherwise known as the "bay of pigs" swimming pigs, not my favourite animal apart from a hog roast or best back bacon or sausage. Yes they do swim, cruisers go ashore with tit bits and manage to pet them however folks do get their backsides bit when they grow impatient for food. Don persuaded me to go in the dinghy, as we approached the beach the big pigs swam close by.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Don, I think you have her attention</td></tr>
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When we stepped ashore armed with vegetable peelings in a bag, they followed us but didn't seem to like our meagre offerings, preferring to take tortillas from another dinghy that had just landed, so as I said I'm not fond of pigs I was able to stand back and watch the fun as a family were being pestered for food.<br />
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We spent 2 nights at Staniel Cay and met a couple of other yachts we knew, one couple from Grenada on Scherzo with Scott, Paula and Jack the chief of security dog.<br />
The other boat we had heard of named Morpheus of London with Richard and Jan we were told to keep an eye open from another couple Dan and Ruth from Evensong, we met them in Martinique in our first season.<br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Ok where next? to one of our favourite places in the Bahamas Warderick Wells marine reserve, can't wait.<br />BFN<br />Glenys and Don<br />Agua Therapy</span></div>
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19th April<br />
Next stop Plana Cay for an overnight stop,there is no need to rush, the distance just 39 nm. The wind decided to let us down but we did keep up the main for stability. We dropped the anchor in 5 metres of water, we rolled about for most of the night.<br />
22° 35N 73°37W<br />
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20th April Time to head off to Crooked Island to an anchorage off Pittstown a place we had visited on our first season unfortunately we didn't have time to go ashore.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We went ashore in our first season we loved this place.</td></tr>
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We anchored in 2.4 metres, pretty much in the same place in our first season<br />
22°49 N 74° 73°37 W<br />
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Onwards we go to Clarence town on Long Island another "postcard" place with white sands, clear turquoise waters.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">One of the "spired churches" you can see the other in the right of the picture </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The gang, we didn't buy much</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">It was nice and cool in here</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We sat close by enjoying a drink</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Local house</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Looking back towards the anchorage</td></tr>
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21st April A 40 nm trip, very little wind with just the headsail to help us along.<br />
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2 Nights at anchor in at the South east of the island, we all went ashore for a stroll to explore we had a lunch as a treat with the odd drink admiring the surroundings.<br />
There are a couple of churches built with twin spires both built by father Jerome on opposite hilltops, he changed his views from Anglican to Catholic or it may have been the other way about its confusing.<br />
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23 April. No wind again, engine on to another island we had heard of from other cruisers, Conception Island, uninhabited.<br />
06:30 start but by 14:00 we dropped the anchor in 2.2 mts crystal clear water, and only a couple of other boats here. 23° 51 N 75° 07 W<br />
Well we dinghied around the reef and looked for life a few times in different directions we only saw birds and the biggest barracudas ever.<br />
We took the dinghy at high tide into the lagoon to see the turtles and sharks, others had spoken about but were very disappointed, even at high tide we had to row as the engine was in the sand. Its a very tranquil spot, I should image easy to get lost in.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Both birds are Tropicbirds Scientific name: Phaethon Lepturus<br /><div style="text-align: left;">
The adult white tailed has long tailed feathers, roughly half the length of the adult is a pair of feathers that stream out behind extending its length to over 30 inches. They have an "eye mask" and have heavy black bars on the upper side of its wings.</div>
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Tropicbirds drink saltwater. Their bodies are able to remove excess salt which is passed as droplets to the tip of the bill, then shaken off. Their legs are so far back on their bodies they shuffle on land pushing themselves forward with their legs, dragging their breast on the ground. </div>
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When they dive into the water and fold their wings an air sack breaks the impact of the water.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We were treated to a couple of spectacular sunsets</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Don was on a mission to snorkel on the reef, I didn't fancy it but he did return to say he saw the biggest barracudas ever so he didn't get in</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Surrounded by Mangroves </td></tr>
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We stayed for 2 nights it would have been longer but we heard about the weather change coming in so off we set for Georgetown.<br />
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25 April: Ok no wind again but by 13:15 we set the anchor outside Great Exuma Island Georgetown, in Elizabeth harbour but is quite a ride out of the town as its depth is a little shallow for us.<br />
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A little more info:<br />
<b style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 17.5px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px;">Exuma</b><span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 17.5px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px;"> is a d</span><span style="color: black;">istrict<span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 17.5px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px;"> of the Bahamas</span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 17.5px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px;">, consisting of over 365 islands, also called </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cay" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 17.5px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px; text-decoration: none;" title="Cay">cays</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 17.5px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px;">. The largest of the cays is Great Exuma, which is 37 mi (60 km) in length and joined to another island, Little Exuma by a small bridge. The capital and largest city in the district is George Town (permanent population 1,000), founded 1793 and located on Great Exuma. The Tropic of Cancer</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 17.5px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px;"> runs across a beach close to the city. The entire island chain is 130 mi (209 km) long and 72 sq. mi (187 km²) in area.</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 14px;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 17.5px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px;">Great Exuma island has an area of 61 sq. mi (158 km²)</span><br />
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This place is a very popular spot for cruisers over the winter time we heard there can be as many as 500 yachts but most of them had gone either North or south so we had plenty of room. The long narrow Stocking Island is opposite with Sand Dollar bay.<br />
Once again we met up with Impressionist and a couple of other yachts we have spoken to on our SSB radio net so it was great to meet up.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is in one of the oldest hotels in town </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The gang again on our little walk</td></tr>
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A scary few hours:<br />
The weather always denotes when and where we can be, come or go, the squalls played games with us which isn't so bad when you anchor well enough but the thunderstorms can be very unnerving when we have that big metal thing sticking up for 60ft or so.<br />
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Follow the leader:<br />
During our time here we had to move to the lee of Stocking Island for more protection from the wind as it was getting stronger and the direction changed, most other boats followed too but when we went back again so did they.<br />
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We do enjoy the Bahamas it seems such a shame to rush past so many others we would love to spend more time here but we need to get to the US and head North. Some of the islands can only be seen if the boat has a shallow keel so who knows one day we will return.<br />
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Next stop Rudder Cay to see a Mermaid, what?<br />
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BFN<br />
Agua Therapy<br />
Glenys and Don<br />
(now in Fort Lauderdale)<br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-416506439789819397.post-15387646112584066682015-06-12T06:13:00.000-07:002015-06-12T06:13:30.678-07:00Leaving the Dominican Republic, off to the Bahamas, with a buddy boat. Leaving the Dominican Republic heading for the Bahamas<br />
16th April 19° 54 N 70° 56 W<br />
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Its 06:13 Hours off we set from Luperon in the Dominican Republic with our buddy boat Impressionist, Anne and Jim on board, it should be fun. The plan was to go to Mayaguana for an overnight stop which meant an overnight trip, we set off out of Luperon with Impressionist just behind us and by the time we had raised our main they were in front as we have to head directly into the wind, raise the main and sort the headsail.<br />
By 10:25 the wind is between 22-25 knots and doing anywhere between 6 and 8 knots we had overtaken Impressionist, so we reef both the main a little, we then have a few moments of 28 to 30 knots the swell was a little uncomfortable but on we plod.<br />
At 15:30 we are a few miles ahead of Impressionist and we heard them call us,<br />
During the journey when the wind picked up and during an attempt to reef Anne called to say they had to bring down the main as a block had broken on the boom so they managed to bring back the boom and bring down the main and secure it, the problem was to head into the wind they needed the engine which failed to start. Poor things it must have been very frantic for them bringing the boom back in. At least they have a big headsail which enabled them to sail. So we turned around so we could stay close should they need any help.<br />
17th April, its 15:00<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Impressionist, at least they managed to get the main down and the boom back</td></tr>
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We discussed how to tow them into Abrahams Bay in the south of the island an unknown place for us so we went ahead to take a peek inside to check for coral heads and the location of the reef, its very shallow there.<br />
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We approached Impressionist Jim was on the bow and I threw a line so we could tow them inside to anchor safely then we tugged them backwards to make sure the anchor had set.<br />
So by 15:30 we had settled down for a rest in lovely calm crystal clear water.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">You can always see where the anchor and chain is</td></tr>
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22°19 N 73°01 W<br />
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18th April<br />
The following day Don fixed them up with a soft shackle for the boom and worked with Jim to locate the engine problem, it turned out to be an electrical problem so now the engine was fixed and all good to go.<br />
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Don decided it was time for a little hull clean and snorkelled underneath the boat then across to Impressionist to clean the "log" for them (its a little wheel that turns so you know what speed you are doing and they get encrusted with all sorts of marine growths).<br />
So I decide I will go for a little explore then over to Jim and Anne and see how Don is doing. I was just over halfway to Impressionist when I saw a 5-6ft shark which sort of looked at me then swam off, I reached the boat and asked Anne where Don was she said he had gone back to our boat, I don't know how I had missed him, I was using the GoPro on an extended pole about 3 foot long but as there was nothing to see I switched it off. As I was returning the shark returned and came very close in fact I remember thinking I will push this thing down your throat if you come any closer, I was finning backwards and it was still getting closer, it was the wrong thing to do I should have stayed still, however it was a nurse shark just interested in the activity, I was happy to get back onboard but annoyed with myself for not turning on the camera, what a missed opportunity!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Don bought back a couple of sand dollars, we found lots of these everywhere</td></tr>
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This anchorage is huge, we only had one other boat come in, its very quiet there<br />
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We had a very quiet peaceful night, but I seem to remember being a little unsettled thinking about sharks.<br />
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Oh well its an adventure and all kinds of things can happen it certainly makes you think of alternative plan "Bs"<br />
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So its BFN from Agua Therapy<br />
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Glenys and Don<br />
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Its now June 12th and yes I know this is late but we have been pretty busy lately<br />
I promise to update the blog again shortly.<br />
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Mona passage crossing, plan B and the Dominican Republic extended stay.</div>
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31-03-15 Time to leave Puerto Rico and head for the Bahamas.</div>
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Some plans go well others not so.</div>
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Departed Ponce yacht club well provisioned, fuel, plenty of water and meals prepared for the passage underway.</div>
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So off we go to an anchorage along the south coast, named Punta Jacinto close to a place “nicknamed” Gilligan's Island another reef protected place bordered by what looks like a resort, on the other side is a restaurant but we didn’t have plans to go ashore so we had an early night ready for our next longish crossing roughly 80 plus miles.</div>
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Mona Passage to the Dominican Republic, its plan B<br />
Its the 1st April 17º 57 N 66º 52 W behind the reefs and Gilligan's Island, Pta Jacinto, Puerto Rico.<br />
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Had a peaceful night before the next leg into the Mona Passage one of the most dreaded places with a pretty bad reputation, its here some of the deepest waters are which suddenly change to shallow water making the sea very lumpy to say the least. Puerto Rico on one side and the Dominican Republic on the West side. Roughly 80 miles wide with variable currents, both sides with shoals a small rock to avoid Mona Island, the Atlantic and the Caribbean sea meet, and should spit us out at the top, planning the transit here is done very carefully, neither of us were looking forward to this one.<br />
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1st April 09:30 we were going to Boqueron anchorage a little more West but decided to go for it from here, hopefully this timing should be ok for the tides winds and all should be good, enough wind to sail with not too big a sea.<br />
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Well the big wobbly stuff certainly made us roll about, the first 9 hours we had between 11 - 20 knots at times and we tried our best with the main up and jenny out the other side but as we don't have a pole to keep the sail out it was very messy. Its now almost 19:00 and the wind changes direction and the sky changed into dark patches and on the radar we could see squalls ahead so the rain accompanied the winds oh well at least the boat had a wash luckily the squalls didn’t stay too long.Then the wind changed to the north and a squall appeared in front and on our starboard side it was pretty big not a nice thing to bring us.<br />
On we plod through the night the wind dropping us still rolling side to side eventually having to resort to using the engine.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This was before the sea went to a 3 + metres</td></tr>
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2nd April we are still out here over the Semana Bank 19º 11 N 68º 54 W its 13:29 and Don sees a big spout coming from a whale. A few minutes later there are more together with the whales breaching the surface, its a shame they are so far away so we couldn't take any pics but on the other hand much much safer the last thing we need is for us to be is nudged by any of them. The Semana Bank is a breeding ground for whales.<br />
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The sea state was getting bigger now 3 metre plus on our starboard quarter and the rolling is awful, trying to make a drink or a visit to the bathroom is more than a challenge to say the least. When Don mentioned a vertical wave we decided enough was enough.<br />
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3rd April 08:45 19º 51 70º 17 W Its time for a plan, we are tired the seas still building so our bolt hole for a rest, Luperon in the Dominican Republic, the stories from other cruisers are not the best. Still as they say “any port in a storm” So in we head and by 13:30 we have picked up a mooring ball after a hairy entrance in very shallow water. At times we ran out of water and had to reverse other times gingerly with .5 of a metre under us, sand shifts and markers in the wrong place or even missing ones don’t help. This is certainly one of this places that you would NOT enter in the dark.<br />
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A local guy by the name of Papo runs the moorings and we paid our 2 US a day for its use. As its now Good Friday the officials are on the beach and in town for the parties we were not disturbed so it was a much needed rest a bite to eat and an early night for us. Saturday bought us the start of the officials visit before we are allowed ashore there are huge fines for not obeying the rules. The Comandeante from the navy with someone that looks for guns, the agriculture guy, and someone that takes our and the boat details. Next we have to go ashore for customs and immigration, we pay our fees and have our passports stamped.<br />
Oh forgot to mention the trip to the bank and exchange money for the 4,000 pesos fees. So far so good, next day a visit from the agriculture guy again who checks we have fruit and vegetables, asks where we had bought them from and asks for 10 US out of earshot of the guys in the cockpit, we could have said we bought them here I wondered if he would have still asked for the money. Next another trip ashore to the port authority where we were relieved of another 10 US for use of the anchorage.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The wobbly town dinghy dock but we have used much worse that this</td></tr>
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Anyway we wandered up into town after a beer in what looks like the place for both locals and cruisers. A little wander led us to a French restaurant where we ate lunch, at least its cheap here Don had lobster, me Grouper a few drinks and it came to a very reasonable equivalent of 16. 50 GDP. There is a wifi place where we paid our 500 pesos for the internet in the anchorage, the bullet antenna picks up a pretty good signal so we can even skype our family.<br />
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The place reminds us a little of Dominica, open gutters, street venders with food, lads tearing about on small motorbikes so you had to watch your step everywhere you went. The buildings are mostly ramshackle wooden shacks painted in typical Caribbean pastel shades, the atmosphere is buzzing, men sit and play dominoes banging them down as hard and as loud as they can, it seems to be the thing to do in most of the Caribbean.</div>
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At the top of the town is a sort of bandstand, a statue of a general on horseback but whoever it was the charge went kind of wrong look at his sword lol<br />
Oh and there is an old tree which has a few faces on it. <br />
Also at the top of the town is where the road splits in 2 while we walk here we were approached by people offering us scooter rental for 10 US a day and cars for hire and local taxis, motor scooters and cars gather to take you to other places, we refused the scooter rides seeing the way they drive we declined. There is no public transport just cars that fill up when they are full and go who knows where. Taxis well we have asked other cruisers for the details of preferred drivers so we will take a look at that prospect.<br />
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Over the weekend the this place is very busy with so many noisy scooters and small motor cycles, one boy was knocked from his to the ground and had blood coming from his head, he was lifted onto another scooter and driven off at speed I have no idea if he even managed to stay on before reaching the hospital.<br />
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The streets have open gutters most with stagnant black water and lots of rubbish but the venders still manage to sell food cooked on an oil drum, we passed on that one.<br />
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It was the weekend, Saturday and there was a local baseball team playing and the excitement was on, we found a spot where folks were peering over a wall watching the game and I thought well if you can't beat em join em. I was welcomed and men parted to let me close to the wall so I could see, Don had to stay at the back lol<br />
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There are some small shops with a few groceries but the vegetables looked old and not really up to much, a few had wines and spirits at reasonable prices.</div>
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Papo it turns out organises just about anything, fuel and water delivery to the boat, no way can we make water here its not very clean so we took advantage for water fuel and a very reasonably priced gas top up. His mother inlaw does a pretty good job with laundry too so we gave him a huge bag which was returned the following day clean and smelling fresh.</div>
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The town of Puerto Plata is he closest place which has a decent place to shop and look around but its over an hour in a taxi, that can wait till later.</div>
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One morning there was a knock on the hull and a lady introduced herself as Anne from the yacht Impressionist, we had seen the yacht in a few places on our travels and it runs out she knew some of our other cruising buddies. To cut a long story short we teamed up with Anne and Jim a few times eating ashore and mixing with other folks from other yachts. </div>
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All of us sat waiting for the “weather window” so we can leave, some boats have been stuck here for months trying to head south but just Impressionist and us heading North. </div>
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Anne and Jim told us about a walk they had done with other cruisers, this is reached by a dinghy ride at the entrance of the bay, we pulled up the dinghy on a small beach and walked through an entrance and onto a shady path through to a rocky area with some blow holes and a great view. The place is a little weird, there are 3 patches of artificial grass and a hole in each, the distance between the patches is pretty far and right on the edge of the water so we presume this is set up for golfers who would certainly have a challenge, we didn’t see another sole all afternoon. There are some caves with huge vines drooping down it looks like a scene from Tarzan. </div>
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A couple of times we ate ashore along with other cruisers mainly from the US or Canada sometimes making up tables for 10 or 12 we had had a great time exchanging stories.</div>
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Don and I took a taxi into Puerto Plata to take a look around, a visit to the amber museum there is a guide inside explaining the details. There is an area for making cigars we were shown the huge tobacco leaves no doubt rolled on a ladies thigh. We were taken to the old fort which is or was in the strategic place on the coast to protect the town, the main town square with its cathedral, and as always to the modern supermarket for more fresh provisions. </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Amber with insects</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Amber jewellery</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Needless to say we didn't sample a cigar</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The square with the cathedral</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sugar can by the barrow load trimmed ready to eat<br />
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Ok we have been here far too long, we have seen what looks like a break in the weather an escape plan is formed with Impressionist for company up into the south Bahamas however just where we can get to with fluky winds is anyones guess.</div>
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All of us check out with the customs and port authority the navy is a different matter but after a visit to the Commandants’ place we were told to expect another visit to the boat, we think they come to see that you are not leaving with any locals.</div>
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Overall our expectations were for us were so much better, the locals are very friendly, everyone says hello and are always willing to offer help or information. I know of several folks that have been here to resorts which is a totally different view from ours, I wonder just how may of them have seen just how and where the locals live, having said all that most of the Caribbean is the same. </div>
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16th April 2015</div>
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This is the day to depart Luperon our next stop in the Bahamas, the next blog will tell you more.</div>
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BFN</div>
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Glenys and Don</div>
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Agua Therapy</div>
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Have to go now the battery is flat lol</div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-416506439789819397.post-82890975044049759052015-04-10T11:44:00.003-07:002015-04-12T04:19:13.744-07:00Puerto Rico and the next bit23 March 2015<br />
We departed Vieques for the anchorage in Puerto Rico on the south coast, we had been to Puerto Rico on the East side in our 1st season and we thoroughly enjoyed being there.<br />
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As we approached the island we were joined by one huge dolphin the first for a long long time he played on our bow for about 10 minutes, always a big incentive to any journey.<br />
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A 06:00 start for the 46 nm trip with the wind behind us but we were only able to use the headsail with the winds we had plus the engine for the later part of the journey to Cayo Puerca, Bahia de Jobos. 17º 57N 66º 14 W.<br />
This is in a huge mangrove area behind several reefs not very pretty with the industrial area not too far away however it was so still never a ripple in sight, no bugs either, just one yacht appeared later not too far away.<br />
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24th March Off we go, no wind to speak of or sail, motoring all the way to Ponce yacht and fishing club.<br />
Position 17º 57 N 66º 36 W<br />
A little luxury in a marina the first since leaving Grenada in November, just step off the boat not having to use the dinghy. This marina is mainly full of big power boats mostly used at the weekends for game fishing and partying on board. The laundry came in handy so everything was washed dried and put away. Took advantage of the grassed area where we managed to spread out the parasailor to take pictures of the damage and decided to wait until we reach the US to return it to Germany for inspection.<br />
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The marina is miles away from any shops in fact the town is miles away to so we rented a car for 3 days. The town of Ponce is nice and we wandered about the town and took a look at the old fire station and its exhibits.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">He just had to ring the bell</td></tr>
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We would have gone into the cathedral but it looks like its been closed up for years.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We heard from others that they didn't get in either</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A shady lady in the park</td></tr>
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There is a very impressive villa high in the hills of Ponce once owned by the folks that ran the Don Q rum distillery its now a museum.<br />
El Museo Castillo Seralles, We had a guided tour an interesting place inside full of all kinds of things which I would have taken lots of pictures for you but unfortunately its not allowed, it does seem silly how can you spread the word with nothing to look at.<br />
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The cross is a little way away from the Don Q museum, when I checked it out online the story goes like this.<br />
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<b>Cruceta del Vigía</b> (English: The Watchman Cross) is a 100-foot-tall cross located atop Vigia Hill in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ponce,_Puerto_Rico" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Ponce, Puerto Rico">Ponce, Puerto Rico</a>, across from <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Museo_Castillo_Serrall%C3%A9s" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Museo Castillo Serrallés">Museo Castillo Serrallés</a>. It houses a tourist centre at its base, a ten-story vertical tower, and a horizontal sky bridge that has panoramic views of the city of Ponce and the<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caribbean_Sea" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Caribbean Sea">Caribbean Sea</a>. Visitors can reach the skybridge via glass elevators or a staircase. Made of reinforced concrete, the cross has withstood various natural disasters, including three major <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Hurricane">hurricanes</a>. The arms of the cross measure 70 feet. It was inaugurated in 1984.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-sanscott_3-0" style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cruceta_del_Vig%C3%ADa#cite_note-sanscott-3" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap;">[3]</a></sup></div>
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One of many landmarks of the city of Ponce, the cross is owned by the Municipality of Ponce and is currently operated by the "Patronato de Ponce", a non-profit organisation dedicated to preserving and administrating several of the city's landmarks.</div>
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When we passed it everything looked closed not that we fancied going to the top anyway.</div>
The main roads are in such a bad state including the toll roads and the driving is pretty bad sometimes we were glad to get back to the marina. Ponce has a large typical American shopping mall with Sears, JC Penny and some of the other large stores.<br />
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We did take some of the side roads which lead into mini forests with huge ferns and "Jurassic" trees overhanging the roads, most of which are narrow and the occasional big truck comes towards you at speed blowing its horns.<br />
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One of the anchorages on the far west side is Boqueron which is where we had planned a rest stop before the next leg so we drove to take a look. The town is small with waterfront places to eat, the street has stalls selling oysters, clams and various things to eat.<br />
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We took another drive into San Juan to West Marine hoping to buy a Bahamas cruising guide but they didn't seem to be interested or very helpful about obtaining one for us. However we did buy a complete offshore replacement flare pack, they were roughly half the normal price so that was a bonus.<br />
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Just outside the marina a 10 minute walk away is a park and boardwalk with places to eat and drink, there is always either load music going on we were told at the weekends it was very very loud. Oh well close all the hatches and have lots to drink you won't hear a thing lol.<br />
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We took advantage of the car and did a big shop as buying things in the Bahamas our next stop is pretty expensive.<br />
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31st March the weather is looking good for tomorrows crossing up the Mona passage to Great Inagua. A 45 minute walk to the customs to clear out and 2 hours later we slipped and out we went a 3 hour sail to anchor behind the reefs and Gilligan's Island, Pta Jacinto.<br />
17º 57 N 66º 52 W<br />
31st March We aborted the plan for Boqueron and decided to just go for it on our way to Great Inagua.<br />
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So BFN<br />
Glenys and Don<br />
Agua Therapy<br />
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March 18th -21st a repeat Visit to Vieques</div>
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We departed Culebra for Vieques another Spanish Virgin Isle, we had reports from other cruisers it was a nice place, well it is!<br />
Enjoyed a beam reach with 13 - 15 knots but ended up motoring into Sun Bay on the south side of the island.<br />
18º 05N - 065º 27W<br />
Its a picture postcard huge bay and there were only 9 other boats there, theres a lovely 2 mile light coloured sand palm fringed beach with very blue water and a gated national park with wild horses.<br />
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Part of the park has a camping area amongst the trees and mangroves, I do hope whoever stays there have plenty of bug spray. We took the dinghy ashore and dragged it up the beach and tied it to a palm tree to explore.<br />
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Although we had been to Sun Bay before (our first season heading North) it was for just one night, Don had cleared us in while we were at anchor in Esperanza while I sat nervously in case we dragged, he was gone for hours, someone took him to the airport in Vieques, when he returned we came into Sun Bay. This time much wiser now this was a little bit of heaven.<br />
The beach was very quiet being midweek we went ashore and walked through where you can see the gap into the other bay where the little town is Esperanza.<br />
This place has much more activity with street venders, a promenade of sorts, bars and places to eat so we took some lunch and found somewhere to get the internet again.<br />
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The promenade<br />
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The little museum<br />
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This guy winds the handle so the horses spin round and when it stops the closest horse to a mark on the front wins<br />
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Place your bets<br />
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After a couple of days we lifted the anchor then went into Esperanza bay which was ok for a couple of nights however it was pretty noisy, we should know better as the Puerta Ricans sure know how to party and the music went on until the early hours.</div>
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Ok time to move on to Puerto Rico mainland, this time along the south coast.</div>
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Agua Therapy</div>
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Leaving St Thomas and onto Culebra.</div>
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Friday 13th lived up to its reputation it turned out to be pretty awful and very expensive.</div>
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We had checked out yesterday from St Thomas (12/0/3) so we could make an early start to our next destination Culebra PR not a great distance and the weather had now settled down and the sea swell would be under 2 metres but very overcast never mind.</div>
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So off we go through the cut St Thomas from Frenchtown at 08:45 the seaplanes hadn’t started to come in yet, I do get a little nervous sometimes lol.</div>
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As we were heading West up went the parasailor perfect for the conditions under 20 knots just off our starboard quarter, we were flying along at 8 knots at first and having a nice smooth ride. A little over 2 hours into the journey the wind dropped a little but we were constantly watching the storms behind us on the radar we could see the rain in the distance over St Thomas.</div>
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So by around 11:00 we were almost at our destination and the storms were coming towards us we thought why get the sail wet lets snuff it in plenty of time in case the winds increased (we only had 12 knots by then).</div>
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Don went forward just about reached the rope to snuff while I stood with the sheets ready to release when “bang” we watched the sail rip apart and poor Don had a heck of a job to bring in the sail. We were very upset knowing that at the time the wind had only reached 14 knots by then and we went through all the right moves so we know we had done nothing wrong. When we reached Culebra we checked the sail and where its parted is at the stitching but the sail from the bottom has ripped the fabric pretty bad. </div>
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So the 13th was a horrible day and very expensive if the Parasailor can’t be replaced under warranty.</div>
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The Spanish Virgins Culebra PR:</div>
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13:15 18 17N 65 17W dropped the hook. Calm conditions but very overcast.</div>
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We missed this place last time due to the weather and swell coming in from the south so as other cruisers had recommended it for the beaches and the big anchorage we entered a huge bay. The bay is around a mile and a half in with various reefs each side which look stunning. At the end of the bay are a few hotels and the Dinghy Dock restaurant and bar. Some fellow cruisers were pretty close to us from Beyzano, Rob and Rhian we met them and they helped us with directions to the airport so we could check in and buy the cruising licence for the US. We had called the customs as required with all our details and were told to go to the office.</div>
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As it was pouring down we took a taxi to the airport but when we arrived there were 3 couples before us and only one guy doing everything. He asked who had called beforehand as we had but said he couldn’t deal with all of us, another couple had come in since. Well we waited for what must have been a couple of hours then paid our 38 $ for a year and then walked back to the dock. Considering we have checked in other islands in cafe’s in a few minutes ourselves it makes this a bit of a joke.</div>
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Well Rob and Rhian were still in the bar they introduced us to folks from a couple of yachts that they knew and we had a smashing evening eating drinking and exchanging stories and details. Pity we didn’t have the camera with us we didn’t return to the boat before we met the others.</div>
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Weekend madness: Well we know from previous trips in this part of the world that the folks from Puerto Rico know how to party so on Saturday the whole place filled up with mostly powerboats playing loud music and fun and frolics too. We were sandwiched between a huge catamaran with lots of folks onboard and another power boat just next to us which left their noisy generator on all night long.</div>
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The island is pretty small just over 11 miles wide and roughly 3 miles long has no local transport so we walked quite a lot, we noticed a lot of golf buggies around so on Tuesday 17th we took advantage to rent one.</div>
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Wow, the buggies are noisy and very slow, you can feel every bump in the road and there are lots of them. First of all we went to the east of the island as far as we could the turned back and went west, there are only 2 main roads so its very easy. </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Good to see that the turtles can still come and still be safe</td></tr>
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We found out that the hospital and pharmacy are closed due to some dispute so who know what happens if anyone is seriously ill. At one side of the island is a very famous beach named Flamenco which we thought would be quiet being a weekday but it was pretty busy in some parts. </div>
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The island used to be used a lot by the military for target practice and there are a couple of tanks still here one of them is on the beach, both have been painted in very bright colours. They say that Flamenco beach is one of the best in the world but we don’t agree we have been to much nicer. The views while we travelled about are pretty good, some of the houses are pretty big and normally pitched high on the hillside to take advantage of the views.</div>
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Thankfully the internet is pretty fast here and we were able to pick it up on the boat so getting weather forecasts was easy without having to go ashore and to update the blog.</div>
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A little way from the dinghy dock is a old lifting bridge which obviously doesn't any more we took a ride through on the dinghy to the bay on the other side to take a peek.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Even if it did lift this is there just a few metres alongside</td></tr>
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We noticed a decent forecast for our next stop which is Vieques another 23 ish mile trip Should be good.</div>
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Glenys and Don</div>
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Motor sailed to St John US Virgins, I’m afraid the wind had deserted us normally the channel between the island funnels it so its always good sailing, today the wind only topped at 14 knots for a few moments then down to 6 or 8.</div>
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Our plan was to anchor just outside the bay, I was on the bow ready to drop when a park ranger told us we couldn’t anchor there, he said to go inside theres room, well yes there was some room but we dropped the anchor and ended up grounded and stuck sitting on the rudder not the keel. We had tried there on previous visits but the bottom must have been churned so so much the anchors just pull through the sand. The only way out was to gun it while dragging ourselves with the anchor. We were not amused so it was back to Caneel Bay to try and find an available mooring ball when we passed earlier there were none free. Eventually we did but then it was a long dinghy ride into the bay to check in. The dinghy dock was pretty full and the folks from the big charter boats had tied up their dinghies so tight its very difficult to get in or out. So we are now officially checked in 2 forms filled in with the boat and our details, fingerprints passports stamped and photos done. It seems very silly that we have to check out of the “US” and check in with the same in Puerto Rico governed by the US and out before even getting to the US.</div>
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We didn’t fancy the staying on the ball in Caneel as the fast water taxis and ferries make it very uncomfortable. </div>
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Francis Bay one of our favourite anchorages, just a short 25 minute motor sail away, there is nothing there but mooring balls and a few beaches. One of the beaches is reached by road but its a long way from anywhere by car but can be a popular place for family picnics at the weekends. We make sure we have a ball out of reach of most swimmers apart from the turtles. As we picked up a ball I noticed a turtle pop up its head to say “Hi”. I counted 37 boats some power some sail here most on balls the rest at anchor in deeper water, the reef runs at the entrance across the middle which should but down the swell from the channel and the ferries, its a big bay so we still have our privacy we mostly choose balls well away from other boats.</div>
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We fancied a change of scenery so off we head for Coral Bay which is on the south side of the island making our way tacking several times through the Sir Francis Bay channel doing our best to stay out of the many charter yachts and fast ferries. I did manage not to mention the “racing” with another yacht going in the same direction although we did pass him even with the sails reefed in.</div>
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Lets just say Coral bay was very busy packed with yachts at anchor, its a deep bay with varying depths and the dinghy dock is always full. We went ashore to the famous Skinny legs bar to eat and have a drink or two. As it was so busy in Coral bay we decide to leave for Water Melon Bay which meant us going back into the channel, its almost certain to have lots of wind and activity going through.</div>
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Water Melon Bay has around 15 mooring balls all of which were soon taken up. There is a small reef and a beach which is next to the road while we were there it always seemed pretty busy. Its a lovely spot well protected from most of the winds so we just chilled out watching the turtles and snorkelled on the reefs.</div>
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12th February Off we go again all be it not very far just 15 miles to St Thomas. Although this island is pretty big the places available to us are limited as a lot of the anchorages are quite shallow and not very well sheltered. The obvious choices with the swell being from the north for us are Red Hook Bay but thats small and always busy with ferries churning up the water and not enough room to swing or Charlotte Amalie. </div>
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So Charlotte Amalie it is for us, this is one huge bay which the cruise ships, ferries, day charter boats and cruisers come in oh and I almost forgot the sea planes.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We were so close to the dinghy dock just the other side of the big cat</td></tr>
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Last time we came we noticed that there is a small marina in Frenchtown which has mooring balls just outside however its in between Hassel Island where the seaplanes and ferries constantly pass through. Lets say at times the planes land very close to us and it does get very noisy at times. Its amazing how some of these planes manage to miss some of the “crazy” folks on jet-skis and boats speeding through the channel.<br />
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Just a few cruise ships in this day when we took a walk to the supermarket at the other end of town<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">One of the "party boats" which went past most days with a live steel band on board, at least we heard it coming, Looks like a shed.</td></tr>
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We quite like the town centre when its not so busy but its lined with jewellers all touting for business one of which we went into last time and into the VIP free lounge with free WiFi, telephone calls, 4 computers and anything you like to drink. </div>
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So of course we took advantage of the offers, in fact we did visit a few times, we were not hassled to buy anything. We met two very nice couples one of which live in Puerto Rico, when we go there if its convenient we may meet up again. The others Jason and Kelly from Canada were on a cruise ship going through the Caribbean, we had a great afternoon with both couples and shared a few drinks.<br />
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I did mention earlier in the blog about the autopilot failure, Don did rig up a temporary switch but that wasn’t to successful so we searched for various places for help but it wasn’t vey forthcoming having walked for miles to no avail.</div>
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Don has narrowed down our autopilot problem and found that the part we need is not available off the shelf anywhere in the Caribbean, all the dealers return the complete unit back to the factory, ours from the UK so he managed to speak with the technical folks and persuaded to get them to send just the clutch to us via Fedex to here. </div>
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19th February</div>
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As we are here for so long to get off the boat for a while is great and as we did a tour of St Thomas last time we decided to take the bus to Red Hook Bay then take the ferry to St John. When we were in St John we couldn’t go too far in the dinghy and even when you go there the dinghy docks are always very busy so the ferry was just a fast 12- 15 minute trip. St John, Cruz Bay has the ferry dock a nice town square with a bandstand, a taxi rank and lots of places to eat. We just wandered through the streets checking out the shops and ate in a waterside place.</div>
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24th February </div>
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Still in St Thomas, waiting for parts, so much for the delivery yesterday, Fedex tracking says that the package is in Memphis TN and has been there since the early hours of Sunday morning, it also says the weather problems in the USA are causing delays.</div>
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So here we wait. Don is trying to tidy up cables in the autopilot system we took the bus to the shopping mall on the way to Red Hook to buy cable and plugs, Im helping to test them.</div>
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Thursday, Well the parts arrived “brilliant” I removed them from the box and Don shook his head and mentioned they didn’t look right. So off came the motor again and he took it to bits, its very annoying when Don had given the exact part numbers on our unit to find out the wrong bits were sent out. Another telephone call to the UK and Lewmar agreed to exchange the parts but there was good news the new ones are cheaper and they would be sent out ASAP. So here we sat waiting and only when we hadn’t heard anything via telephone or e-mail Don called again. No one knew if they had been sent or not but the person who would have sent them went into hospital on Friday. Grrrr! Monday arrived still no news and no answer by telephone then we found out the person we needed was away for a meeting. Tuesday came and then we were told they would be sent that day, its now Thursday and the tracking from Fedex said it would be here today, no way according to them its still on its way.<br />
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Ok its now late Monday and yes at last the bits are here correct this time, Tuesday Don fitted them and tested them. So all we need now is a weather window as its been blowing hard Friday is looking good the seas should be more settled now.<br />
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Ok next stop is the Island of Culebra part of Puerto Rico<br />
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BFN<br />
Glenys and Don<br />
Agua Therapy<br />
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Virgin Gorda, So we anchored off Prickly Pear Island just a dinghy ride into Gun Creek to check in then into Bitter End.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Don had a few drinks in the bar</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Don after a few drinks in the bar modelling his new underwear</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Showing Saba Rock </td></tr>
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We stayed for a few days at anchor but when the swell made us rock and roll about we went onto a mooring ball for a couple of days just outside Bitter End Yacht club. Sir Richard Bransons Catamaran The Necker Belle is tied up in the marina. </div>
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3rd February we departed Virgin Gorda for Peter Island with just enough wind to use the Parasailor, it was downwind great. Well all going well we thought, this is nice, we gybed a few times easily, all going great when the autopilot decided it was going to change direction and behave erratically then failed big time. So down the sail came and now the hard part find out what the heck was wrong now. Don yet again trying to diagnose the problems. More on that later. Just chilled out at Great harbour Peter Island still in the BVI’s. </div>
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4th February on our way to Sopers Hole, its a deep bay with lots of mooring balls a marina a supermarket, Pussers bar / restaurant , a few shops, small spar and a new Italian restaurant. Oh almost forgot the ferry dock and customs and immigration. There is a small dinghy dock but with all the fast ferries and charter boats coming and going its safer to walk from the Pussers bar around the bay.<br />
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“Cruising” the name for boat maintenance in exotic locations!</div>
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Well Don’s fix for the chartplotter seemed to do the trick and is working fine now the autopilot is another matter I’m afraid its looking like a big job or replacement which we are told its not possible as that unit is no longer made so it would have to be returned to Raymarine, yeah back to the states, repaired or not then back to us I don’t think so.<br />
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A taxi ride to Nanny Cay a few miles on the coast road where we knew was a place for marine instruments unfortunately they are not listed as able to repair Raymarine units only sell you new units. However Don bought a few “bits and bobs” and picked a guys brain for information as we don’t have a “workshop manual” he decided he could “jury rig” a switch to make the autopilot work. More later on that one. </div>
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We had lunch a walk through the marina out through a resort onto the beach had a couple of drinks then walked back to get a taxi we booked on the way in, unfortunately it didn’t arrive so we found another. </div>
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While we were at the ferry dock I noticed a notice for the ferry trip to the Island of Jost Van Dyke just a 12 to 15 minute ferry ride away, well it would be much longer for us to sail and the wind has dropped so much it would’t be worth it so the following day we departed on the morning ferry. The trip reminded of our previous power boat when we could do 38 knots, it was a fast trip! When we arrived there were taxis touting for business and the general consensus was to go to White Bay where the Soggy Dollar Bar was, hmm its very touristy not really our kind of place, so we walked along the beach to see what we could find, it was just small shops selling the usual kind of “tat” and bars. We hadn’t gone very far when we noticed a dinghy which was just about to float away, its was a charter boats dinghy they are all marked with numbers and one of their logos on the bow. Don managed to soak his shorts and another guy came to help him drag it much higher up the beach and tie it so it couldn’t go astray again. No one came to say thanks or even acknowledge whet he had done, no doubt they were in the bar somewhere, so that was Dons good deed for the day.<br />
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We needed to check some things on the internet but the WiFi wasn’t working in the Soggy Dollar bar which was getting very rowdy with the folks mainly from the charter crowd from the dozens of catamarans which were anchored just off the beach, so we decided to leave. I noticed another place with WiFi on the road where we entered on the taxi. So a quick drink and managed to find a taxi we did a “deal” to give us an hours Island tour. The driver Gerald was such a nice guy he stopped where he could which had some great views into the channel and its all looks very different when you are way up in the hills, he showed us the different places we could anchor and gave us all sorts of information. </div>
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As Gerald drove us about he stopped a couple of times and and spoke to a few folks saying that guy was my brother he explained that he comes from a huge family, 14 brothers and 9 sisters, from 5 different women, his father was 70 when he had is last child and the kids are trying to get him to stop now. There are just under 300 residents on the island and every one knows everyone I expect they know his dad too.</div>
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Some of the views of the channels are spectacular you certainly have a very different perspective form the hills.</div>
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We had considered crossing to Jost Van Dyke but with shallow water so many charter boats there decided it wasn’t a good idea. Its very “touristy” </div>
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16th January 2015 Departed Antigua for Barbuda around 11:00 its just about 25 nm.</div>
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The sail started quite well with 14 to 16 knots but by 15:00 had dropped to a little over 8 k, oh well never mind we dropped anchor in CoCo Bay Barbuda by 16:45.</div>
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The beach is miles long with reefs coming out from it so we snorkelled on it but the visibility wasn’t too good and we hardly saw much at all in fact we saw more from the boat. </div>
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There were lots of turtles around which popped up to say hello.</div>
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We just stayed 4 days and noticed the same yachts that either have followed us from Grenada or us them, one of the other yachts are mutual friends of others we know from Ruffian Ian and Fiona came aboard for drinks.</div>
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20th January Next Stop St Barts great a downwind sail, so we thought, up went Big Red, down it came, up went the cruising chute, down it came so we had a 77 nm trip with the engine on the weather forecast wrong again.</div>
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This place we like and so we dropped into Pte Colombeir another one of our favourite anchorages and were lucky to pick up one of the free mooring balls. The following day we dinghied through the cut to check in with customs and take a look around. This time no big yacht race going on but some of the huge boys were out in strength together with the owners parading about showing off the posh frocks and jewellery.</div>
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23rd January off we go again to Sint Maarten, the Dutch side of the island. A short 18 nm sail with Big red up, its such a nice sail when we fly it. By 12:15 we anchored outside the bridge so Don went in by dinghy to check in then when the bridge opened.</div>
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Inside the lagoon we found Mark on Balvenie, we have know Mark and Amanda for roughly 3 years since Cartagena in Spain. We met up a few times for drinks, Amanda is back in New Zealand with family at the moment.</div>
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Here are the chandlers which Don paid a few visits to and we managed to do some shopping to fill up our supplies.</div>
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We found a great Greek restaurant named Barnacles, the food is lovely and has friendly owners and staff.</div>
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This place has a few marinas with a selection of very expensive motor yachts, the late Steve Jobs yacht is there, we wonder who owns it now and just how many millions that one cost.</div>
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28th January 01:00 departure for a 81nm downwind trip.</div>
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Up went big red again in the dark but with only between 7 to 11 knots of wind and just 25 nm done we motored for the remainder of the journey.</div>
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On the way in through the cut we passed by Necker Island which does look very nice but we didn’t see anyone of interest of famous. The island is surrounded by lots of reefs one of which has 3 plastic palm trees on it.</div>
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A nice early start 6 o’clock in the morning we don’t want to go into anywhere in the dark.</div>
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With the main and headsail reefed, the swell and wind on the beam meant we were well heeled for the 45 nm trip.</div>
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We had been into Antigua before but not in English Harbour, you can't see the entrance until you are almost in and we negotiated behind a reef amongst other anchored yachts in Freemans Bay. By 12:30 the anchor was dropped in 1.4 metres and just off a beach on one side and the reef a little way away.<br />
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On the beach is part of a resort which doesn’t look very busy just a few folks enjoying paddle boards and there’s a bar but we only noticed it open a few times, theres a small dinghy dock too.</div>
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We decided to take a trip ashore to check in and have a bite to eat in Nelsons dockyard, its a nice place with some super yachts inside the marina they make us look very small. The taxi’s bring in folks from the cruise ships to have a quick look around it can be busy at times.</div>
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We then went to the other side of the bay where Don wanted to buy some hose pipe, yes more bits always something to fix, anyway we came out popped into the dinghy went a short way and the outboard engine decided to fail yet again, Don rowed us back to the boat. So Don looked inside the engine cover and yet again scratched his head and decided maybe we should replace the engine, more expense!<br />
Anyway we had met up with a lovely American couple on a catamaran had also had problems with their engine and as we don’t have a telephone now Ty our friend spoke to the guy who had fixed his engine, the guy said he would be on the dinghy dock later.</div>
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Don rowed to the dinghy dock to meet the guy to fix the engine we hoped. Anyway this time the problem was a faulty spark plug, the insulator was making intermittent contact so a couple of hours he returned with a spark plug which seemed to solve our problem, not to expensive after all 25 $ for the call out great a working engine again so we thought.</div>
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We had Ty and Judith onboard A.T. for drinks and nibbles, Judith was flying back to the US for xmas and she offered to return after xmas with some new parts for our propeller, great. </div>
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So many cruisers mentioned Shirley Heights where they have steels bands playing and a barbecue so we decided to go, no taxi for us we heard about a "trek" up the hill about a mile so they said. Well we did it but its much more than a mile the way we took, at one point the track went two ways we obviously took the wrong one. What a climb, but it was rewarding when we reached a clearing where there were hundreds of butterflies.<br />
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So we departed English Harbour and made our way to Jolly Harbour which has a marina, great supermarket and busses that run frequently to St John the capital.</div>
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We picked up a mooring ball a way out of the marina its not so expensive and much more private there, it has WiFi all be it not very fast or reliable.</div>
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We had some pretty good walks along the beach from there.<br />
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Don had been suffering with toothache for a couple of weeks, he has a crown which was fitted in South Africa a few years ago and on Christmas day he had been drinking frozen daiquiri’s so we think the ice made the pain much worse, the conclusion was he needed a dentist urgently. As we have antibiotics on board he started the course, he had been warned by the dentist that he may get an infection under the crown someday.</div>
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Where do we find a dentist on Christmas day? we don’t so on Boxing day we dinghies into the marina and went into the office and they let us use their telephone to ring the dentists in St John, one of them answered on an emergency number and said that the dentist would come out to the surgery in St John specially. We thought hmm boxing day not many busses so we took a taxi into St John and found the surgery, well eventually the dentist turned up and x-rayed his tooth and agreed he had an abscess below the tooth and said the crown would have to be removed, root canal work done then filled and re fitted, in the meantime advised to take antibiotics together with a much stronger dose of painkillers, come back on Monday she said I can do it in one day, hmm.</div>
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So on Monday a bus into St John we go and when we reached the stairs noticed a stream of water cascading down the stairs and people franticly doing their best to mop and sponge the floors, so they didn’t have any electric after the flood. So off we went to find another dentist. To cut this saga short we found another excellent dentist who did the work but not all at once as the other dentist had said she thought the crown would have broken so we had to visit almost every other day for almost 3 weeks until she was sure the infection was gone and all the root canals were clean. </div>
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So Christmas was pretty quiet for us as was New Years Eve, we didn’t book anywhere ashore for a meal in case Don couldn’t eat and when we did try they were full. Out came the duck I had been saving for a special occasion with some fresh vegetables.</div>
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We hired a car for 3 days and drove around the whole island in a day its a small island, we had read about Devils bridge which is on the Atlantic side of Antigua and we heard it was very dramatic so we spent a little time there.<br />
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In the New Year we met up with some old friends Jill and Tony from Nychea they had just arrived from home, their yacht had been on the hard tied down for the hurricane season. We all went for dinner in a local restaurant and the restaurant collected us all from the marina and took us back. </div>
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We drove into Falmouth where we met up with Rhain and Rob from Beyzano they were sitting in the bar having coffee and told us about their xmas they had a great time with lots of other cruisers.</div>
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Dominica to The Saintes, (one of our favourite Islands) then onto Guadeloupe.</div>
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Well Dominica is great but as we had spent to much time here last year and previous season we decided an overnight stay was enough time was marching on and we were looking forward to spending xmas in Antigua.</div>
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So we spent the night on a mooring ball in Prince Rupert’s bay, Portsmouth. </div>
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8th Dec 2014 </div>
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Onto Isles The Saintes one of our favourite islands governed by the French, they seem to get things right as far as checking in and out its all DIY. The bay is pretty big with lots of moorings, we took one pretty close in so it wasn’t too far from the dinghy dock. The ferry dock isn’t too far away either which meant there was quite a lot of disturbance when the ferries whizzed in and out at speed, I’m sure the law says they must slow down when entering and leaving the bay.</div>
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As we had already provisioned well with French goodies we didn’t need to shop. However the first time we came here we both bought some clothes from a boutique called Maogany, its owned by a lovely French lady and her husband who is an artist. I also bought a genuine Panama hat in blue, I loved that hat but it came to an untimely end when it flew off my head while we were on the dinghy, ok it was rescued and washed in fresh water so it had shrank. The lady in the shop managed to steam it for me so it would fit but by then it looked in a sorry state so I looked for a new one in blue to no avail but ended up with one in red. Hat photos later</div>
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We found a lady painting water colours and loved the look of them they have so much detail, some with people, boats and local scenes so we now have more souvenirs to take home.</div>
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Next stop Guadeloupe, Deshaies another place we had visited before, its a big bay, the place is French and another well run checkin and out, DIY in a shop with a P.C. </div>
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We had a great sail for the first part of the journey, we had set off at 08:25 as it wasn’t too far away, at first we had 15 to 18 knots of wind and we were doing 8.5 SOG which was brilliant, flatfish seas too. Then after doing just over 20 miles the wind decided to desert us, so we had to motorsail the remaining 13 miles.</div>
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So by 14:25 we had picked up another mooring ball.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Oh look a rainbow after all that rain</td></tr>
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Glenys and Don Agua Therapy<br />
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We set off just a short trip just over 27 miles to Le Marin Martinique.</div>
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Each time we have been here something strange has happened, yet again our AIS decided to fail, its an invaluable system which identifies other vessels which we think maybe the French military block for some reason. Yes we can re set the system but that has to be done with the computer, oh well nothing too serious.</div>
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Finding a two supermarkets here with fresh French bread, very smelly cheese and wonderful pates found its way aboard. Mind you I could swear the smelly cheese found its way to completely stink us out.</div>
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Of course the French wines were in abundance too at good prices so just a few found their way tucked into a few lockers.</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Last time we were in Martinique we went into St Anne so we took the bus there you notice the difference in the quality of the roads are much better than anything we had been on for quite sometime. St Anne is small but quite pretty place with a church in the centre, a few touristy shops bars and restaurants. We had lunch and met up with another American couple from Pensacola Ralph and Mary from “Night watch” we had met them before on the shopping bus in Grenada, they were anchored in St Annes Bay but had previously been behind us Le Marin.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We stayed in Le Marin until the 3rd of December my birthday, Don said the wind direction was great fro a nice downwind sail so off we go to Fort de France</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">What a beautiful sail we were having approaching Diamond Rock, something you don’t want to hit. Suddenly Dons fishing line was screaming and he dashed to check it out. He mentioned this is a big fish and for the following half an hour or so hauled in a huge Mahi Mahi, (I always think “So good they named it twice”, it is!) Don did very well really but was quite hectic for a while. This was a BIG FISH! almost as tall as Don not sure of the weight as you can’t get those on kitchen scales. He hung it, gutted it, cleaned it and cut it up all in the cockpit blood and bits all over the place. It took another hour to clean up the back of the boat and cockpit but I had the fillets all packed and in the freezer enough for at least 15 - 20 meals. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Last time we were in Martinique we went into St Anne a small place but we enjoyed walking about so we took the bus there. I remembered seeing some unusual table lamps made from coconut leaves so we bought 2 both of which are also packed away in the forward shower compartment. Sorry I forgot to take photos before they were wrapped up. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">So at 11:40 we dropped the anchor, we were just outside the fort wall where its a little more calm away from the ferries. Fort de France is quite a busy place with ferries that every half hour come in and out and the cruise ships invade. A reasonable place for shopping and getting the internet to check the wether and catch up on e-mails. Went ashore a few times and managed to Skype Don’s sister and call my Mum. We returned to a Mexican restaurant we went to last year their fajitas are amazing.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">So off we go again next stop Still in Martinique on the West side of the island to St Pierre for a quick overnight stop.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">We have been up and down this coastline (West) twice before and looked at anchoring in a place named St Pierre but the conditions were never right either too much wind or big swells. This time it looked ok so in we went. Its quite a small town with a dinghy / ferry dock so we went ashore to take a look around. This is the place where a volcano erupted and 29,000 people were killed, just 2 survivors, one was in prison the other was a cobbler in a basement. Most of the property here was destroyed but not quite all, the church was badly damaged but a few buildings survived. </span></div>
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Well as its so far and we do not like to go into anywhere in the dark we had a nice early start 05:45 with not a bad forecast, we were lucky in the channel with a decent sea for a change.<br />
Once again we found a vibration coming from the prop, another load of palm fonds had wrapped themselves around the prop, Don managed to free the bits he could see with the boat hook and brute strength it can be a little worrying not knowing whats still hanging on underneath that you can't do anything about until you stop. I'm beginning to think we are a magnet for palm trees when we first set off from Spain we managed to pick up a huge one.<br />
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As we passed St Vincent somewhere we didn’t fancy visiting due to some not very nice stories it does look very lush with rain forests deep valleys with thousands of tropical trees and plants.<br />
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We have been on the bus to see the Pitons last year, its not a place we ever fancied stopping on the boat.<br />
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Next stop Martinique, Le Marin, should be a good sail its not very far<br />
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Glenys and Don<br />
Agua Therapy</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Bequia 26th to 28h November</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Bequia our next destination for a return visit its one of our favourite islands with a pretty decent anchorage.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Well when we set out at 07:30 the weather was as predicted between 11 to 17 knots with a few strong gusts the sea at times was 2.5 metres a little uncomfortable at times however we dropped the anchor in 2.5 metres by 16:15 a 50 + nm trip.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">One of the restaurants we didn’t visit last time was the Whalebone so this time we had lunch there, the seats at the bar are whale vertebrae.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We stayed in Bequia for 2 nights visiting some of the local eating places and as we decided it maybe our last visit here. Don said he would like one of the souvenirs that Bequia is known for, last time we came here we did visit 2 places that make handmade model yachts some of them are fantastic. All kinds of yachts and boats made with local mahogany and other woods, obviously priced according to size and detail. One of the deciding factors was how do we get one back safely in one piece we were told that they could be placed and packed in a strong box. Anyway after a little bargaining the boat was dismasted and packed away, now it resides in the forward cabin.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">There is always someone visiting the boat selling anything from fruit, bread or vegetables from a dinghy, one of the guys was selling lobsters, you place the order and the following day they return with your purchase. We bought a 4 lb live lobster which was pushed into the freezer to send it to sleep before cooking.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 15.5555562973022px;">Don had to break its legs to get it into the pressure cooker and had to push hard to put the lid on. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Just a couple of nights here, next stop St Lucia</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Glenys and Don</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">As I have not done any “boat blogs” for a while this is the start of the update since returning to Agua Therapy, I will continue with the USA road trip later.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Grenada onwards November 2014</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">All in all Grenada was a great place to be, we met up with old friends and spent a few nights together exchanging stories where we would all head next, some going way beyond us some onto very distant destinations such as New Zealand and Australia.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Having spent the hurricane season in Grenada we were quite keen to start our journey now the danger is over, we hope. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">As we have been away for quite a while on our travels there were things to prepare. So Don fixed the outboard with the new parts bought in the US, we reinstalled the sails and rigging that was removed just in case, the generator new bits were fitted. We did have a last minute hiccup our VHF radio decided not to play ball so it was something else to replace before we left.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The fresh provisions filled the fridge and the freezer stocked with lots of meat, we hoped to catch the fish ourselves</span><span style="font-size: large;"> hmm!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">So our first stop although not too far was St George in the anchorage which meant we didn’t have to negotiate through the reefs in the dark and so we could scrub the hull using our new extension air hose for the dive cylinder also another purchase made in the US. After spending hours scrubbing the hull and propeller Don did mention the offer of scrubbing the hull for a price in Secret Harbour seemed quite good in comparison. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The anchorage can be quite rolly at times, this was no different so not a great start, we stayed for 2 nights.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">16th November 2014: </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">A 06:45 start for us but not too much wind topped at 19 knots but not for very long and by 13:00 we had the anchor down.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Next stop Carriacou having been there before we knew roughly where the good spots are.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We anchored in Tyrell Bay and stayed for 9 days as the weather had decided to pick up.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> Our friends Kit and Belinda off Quilscene were there so we teamed up with them a few times and took the bus into </span><span style="font-size: large;">Hillsbourgh </span><span style="font-size: large;">and had lunch there</span><span style="font-size: large;">. One night Kit made us one of his famous curries and another night we had a barbecue on board A.T.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">After a 9 day stay and the weather break we were waiting for its off too Bequia we go in the next blog.</span><br />
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This is the last post in New York, at the moment we are in Antigua for Christmas. New York, we quite like it I have a feeling one day we will return there is so much to see and do. Such a diverse city, one minute mega busy the next quiet, well in some parts it was.</div>
Here are lots of photo's we took out and about, we have so many more although we did lose quite a few (another reason to return).<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Times square</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A "selfie" in Central Park</td></tr>
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As parking space is so scarce you take the car to a lift where its sent up and pushed into place </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Carnegie's deli a very famous place.</td></tr>
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We took a ride on the tour on the Hudson river so we could see a little more of the city skyline and of course the"green lady" The Statue of Liberty.<br />
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So many sights to see, Brooklyn bridge, the new tower, the Stanton Island ferry, I could go on and on but I did say WE LIKE NEW YORK!</div>
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New York October 1st to the 9th 2014. Busy busy busy!</div>
Wow, such a busy place, not somewhere either of us would fancy driving in, we heard sirens most of the time day and night from all the services, it made me think of how much time it would take for an ambulance or a fire engine to get to you if you needed one. We watched more than one firetruck trying to get to its destination stuck in a huge traffic jam.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Here we were in Central Park a little way from where John Lennon lived</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I think I took this after I bought 2 pairs of shoes in Macy's, Don wasn't impressed by his "look"<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Don said he fancied a sandwich! Eaten at the famous Carnegie's deli on 7th Avenue</td></tr>
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Grand Central Terminal, so so busy, here is one of the famous "shoe shine" stands<br />
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This was the "non busiest" pic I can find, however as I mentioned before we lost all our New York pics, these are some of the recovered ones.<br />
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So I managed to cross off another "bucket list" item, the Empire State building, it was in view from our hotel bedroom window all be it not much, it looked great at night all lit up.<br />
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It had to be then, a visit to the top to watch the sunset and the city light up, we walked there in the afternoon and arrived around 4:15 so thinking we would catch the sunset. </div>
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In 2009, 18 months were spent restoring its aesthetic to the original 1930 design - it only took 13 months to build the entire building!<br />
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Highlights of the lobby include the Art Deco inspired ceiling murals—in a homage to the mechanical age, planets and stars are rendered as an assembly line of gears, brought back to life in 24-karat gold and aluminium leaf—and, on the wall above the front desk in the Fifth Avenue lobby is one of the most famous images in New York City, a depiction of the building itself with beams of lights radiating from the mast.</div>
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The main viewing deck is on the 86th floor Don and I passed most folk taking a breather but by the 5th I just had to give in and take a rest. When we reached the 86th floor we went out onto the viewing deck, we had missed the sunset but there was a little blue in the sky. The deck was packed, it was very difficult to get to the rail to take photographs, I was elbowed in the ribs and almost pushed to the ground by a very rude Chinese woman. </div>
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Exploring Dare To Dream, you’ll find original documents including period photographs, architectural sketches, construction notes, and daily bookkeeping documents, as well as reproductions of photos and mementos from the more than 3,400 workers who helped create history.</div>
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Empire State Building’s open-air 86<span class="s1">th</span> Floor Observation Deck. As the most famous observatory in the world, the 86<span class="s1">th</span> Floor has been the setting of dozens of movie and television scenes</div>
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The Observation Deck wraps around the building’s spire, providing 360-degree views of New York and beyond. From up here you’ll get one-of-a-kind views of Central Park, The Hudson River and East River, The Brooklyn Bridge, Times Square, The Statue of Liberty, and much more</div>
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Each night the building is lit up, so many different colours, some are to music and at Christmas they play Jingle bells as I write this blog (well it is December 12the now)</div>
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A little history and facts</div>
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1930: On March 17, construction of the Empire State Building begins. Under the direction of architects Shreve, Lamb & Harmon Associates, the framework rises 4 ½ stories per week.</div>
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1931: On May 1, President Hoover presses a button in Washington, D.C. officially opening and turning on the Empire State Building’s lights.</div>
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1933: The movie King Kong is released in New York City on March 2.</div>
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1945: A B-25 Bomber crashes into the 79th floor of ESB during heavy fog on a Saturday morning. The building’s construction limits the spread of fire and despite a 20-foot gash, the Empire State Building is open for business-as-usual on Monday.</div>
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1950: ESB gets an antenna tower that is over 200 feet tall.</div>
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1994: On February 14, the first Valentine’s Day weddings take place at ESB. </div>
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More than 250 couples have exchanged their vows during the event since its inception.</div>
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Currently in Guadeloupe on our way to Antigua.</div>
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What an amazing exciting place, our hotel was on 40th Street so just a 5 minute walk to Times Square. The hotel suite was very well equipped, huge TV, kitchen with hob and multifunction oven it even had a dishwasher, not that we intended to cook as there are so many places to eat very close by. The hotel 3 days a week has a social early evening which had free food and wine so that gave us chance to talk with other travellers for tips about New York and other places we intended to visit.<br />
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We did see a couple of shows, Les Miserable and Mamma Mia, had front row seats for Mamma Mia in fact so close we thought we may have the actors on our laps when they were dancing and sliding all over the stage.<br />
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Paid a visit to the 911 memorial museum it was very moving to say the least, solemn faces and it was very quiet. Horrifying images and stories from that terrible day. The museum is in the footprint of both the twin towers, most of it underground. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Above the twisted supports looks like a surreal sculpture as most of them do there</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">How the towers were before 911</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Just one of the many wrecked firetrucks </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The last support to be removed was signed and so many pictures and notes to people that were lost</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A memorial quilt</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The stairs so many of the survivors managed to escape on</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A description of the Vesey Street stairs</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This radio / communication antenna that was at the top of the tower </td></tr>
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As this post is a little sad I am continuing this blog in a new post.<br />
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BFN.<br />
Don and Glenys<br />
Agua Therapy<br />
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Currently in Deshaies in Guadelupe</div>
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