July
30 2014
Greetings,
We’re getting
ready to leave St Thomas and move west. Our time here has been long but
productive. It’s been all about projects. Aside from the work Johne and Sharon
got done on her house, and on Kokomo Kat, we’ve also gotten some stuff for
upgrades on Second Star. We are putting in a much bigger R/O water maker, which
will mean we need less running time and we’ll be getting more fresh water. And,
just today we got four, 250 watt, solar panels, which will equal much less
generator time and, there for, less diesel burned.
There is a
lot we won’t miss about St Thomas. The anchorage here is very rolly. And the
cruise ships have made it very touristy and expensive here. But we’ve met some
awesome people here and some of the scenery is stunning.
One of the
interesting things about cruising is that we don’t always know very far in
advance what comes next. As I’m writing this, I realize it’s hard to tell you
what we’re planning to do, because we aren’t sure ourselves. As is so often the
case with cruisers our plans are being affected by a weather system, and so,
the fact is, I don’t know what we are doing in the next 24 hours. We may leave
tomorrow afternoon to go to Vieques (a little island off Puerto Rico), or we
may go to Ponce on the south coast of PR. We may stay here another day, or we
may stay a few (until the weather passes). We will get up tomorrow and check
the weather and see how we feel about the options, then make a decision at
least about tomorrow. We will be sending out the SPOT’s as we travel, so if you
want to know what we decided just check the SPOT track (click under Where is
Second Star on right hand side of blog page). I’ll send one out tomorrow
whether we go or not so it’ll have our position.
One way or
the other we’re planning to be in the Dominican Republic by Aug 15th.
My brother is coming for a visit and Kokomo Kat has a date with a travel lift.
There will be more work there but, hopefully, more play as well…
