Position:-  16 degrees 31 mins N.   062 degrees 37 mins W.

The Firdge and Air conditioning are now sorted. Early morning shop for fresh food and now

we are at last on our way from Antigua to Bonaire and settling down for our night watch at 9.30 p.m..

On board are Jonathan and Gabbie and Fennella and John Boxhall.

We past Monserrat late this afternoon on it's west side, the north end looked very green and beautiful then the volcano appeared on the south side and was pink in the sunset and still spewing volcanic dust.

Dinner prepared of grilled steak, new potatoes and cauliflower cheese.  Just past a 650 foot cruise ship and I bet because of all their ambiant light they are unable to see the thousands of stars and the phosphorescence of the sea which we have been gazing at in awe and wonder.  Must find out if Allan Dobson has left his star gazer on board (a fantastic little machine that works on GPS, you pick a star click on it and it tells you all about it and how many light years away it is)

We are presently tracking along at abotu 8 - 9 knots in a 15 -20 knot easterly wind.

Jonathan is having fun with his ship recognition chip (AIS) and finding out who they are where they are heading.

For those of you who have been wondering what on earth we have been doing since the last blog at the beginning of 2008 we have spent the last two years between the odd trips home cruising the islands of the Caribbean from the BVIs down to Grenada and then back up again and on to Bermuda, across the Gulf Stream (running at 4.5.knots from West to East and 60 miles wide at the point we crossed it) and on up to Bar Harbour in Maine.  From there we headed south slowly over the summer calling in on interesting towns and islands as far as Annapolis in Chesapeake Bay and had a great time exploring the rivers and creeks of the bay.  Jonathan and some friends sailed Aqualuna from there at the end of November to Antiqua I wasn't too keen on the idea of snow on the deck!

We hope to arrive in Bonaire on the 16th Jan'.