When they leave, we'll be looking for the next weather window to make our way back north to Antigua where we're attending a wedding on March 20th at Sandals at the northern part of the island. Several friends from home will be staying at Sandals for the week so if the weather permits us to sit at anchor there, we'll have a great time.
The wind is supposed to die down on Sunday after blowing a hoolie for the past 10 days or so. That's the good news, but the bad news is that it will be short lived and will start to blow again mid week! Hopefully, the experts are wrong on this one and we'll have fair winds for the next 2 weeks so we can carry on with our plans!
A new alternator is supposed to be in at Fred's Marine today or tomorrow, but it's the Caribbean, so who knows! We also are shopping for a new toilet, so today will be filled with snooping around the shops. Getting past the language is a lot of the problem, but Laurie works hard at it and has his dictionary in his hand at all times!
Laurie is in the bilge right now cleaning up the oil that blew out of the engine on the way over here yesterday. Every once in awhile, the dipstick blows out and the oil flies around until there is nothing left in the engine. Fred's Marine sold him a used fuel pump after explaining to Laurie that if this part fails, then it's likely that he'll have a bit of diesel find its way into the oil giving it the umpf to blow it's lid. (those are my technical terms, not his...)
All for now!
Dawn
