Tuesday, December 16, 2008

Passage to St. Martin

We've been watching the weather and it would seem that we may have a bit of a break in the East Winds that constantly blow down here. They're calling for N and NE winds for the next 2 days, however, because it's been so windy, the seas will be very large. If we wait until the seas die down somewhat, we'll be back to the constant trade winds from the East. Our destination, St. Martin is due ESE, approximately a 13 hour sail. We may leave Wednesday morning, or evening depending on the most recent
forecast.

We had 2 beautiful days here in Norman's Byte and managed a great booty hunt on the beach. We found lots of great treasures, so our Christmas shopping is now finished! I gave Laurie a nice baseball hat from the Willie T (brand new) along with a beer cozy, and he gave me a beautiful rope floor mat and a LED flashlight!