A rainy day with some fellow Aussies with Kids
Sowell Family's Travels on Gijima
Skipper: Tim Sowell Admiral Tracy Crew Sean & Alex
Thu 11 Feb 2010 14:28
cruisers and discuss the weather, how life changes, before we use to talk
economy, stock market, business politics etc, but in this new cruising life
style (that is what it is a cultural shift to a new life style) and weather
is number 1 thing effecting our comfort level, what we can do, and where we
can go, and when we can go and do things. So you start the day by listening
to the Single Side Band weather, an expert saying what he believes, I down
load the grib files which is a weather fax file from a number of weather
models, and I get an email text interpretation of the local weather, and you
sit back and try to make sense of it, and make the plan for the day, or next
3 to 5 days. Today it was clear we are here until at least Saturday, so we
can let waves calm down and the weather pass. There is no rush (another
concept with this life style) so why risk an uncomfortable ride when you
have no time pressure, we have a nice beach, some good snorkeling, and a
place with great facilities for the kids so why not stay and wait it out
(forgot two good bars as well).
So as the rain came over today, we went ashore to explore we had been told
about a resort on the south end of the beach which had a "jungle Jim" and
great model railway, which was true on both counts and it has a great pool
as well. We ran into another Australian couple with boys the same age as
Sean and Alex, who are sailing back like us to Australia, so yes we not the
only ones who are doing it. We discussed challengers as kids do bring a
different approach and slant to cruising, time schedules in the day and on
shift watches change due to kids, which they like us are sorting out. We
also discussed weather, education on boats for kids and destinations, it was
great day of fun for the boys on both sides and good inter-action with other
like minded people. They are heading to La Paz and then we will probably run
into them on the mainland in 2 to 3 weeks.
Tonight Sean and I tested out his fishing, we had noticed last night that
with the cockpit lights on that these fish gather, so tonight we broke out
his fishing rod and small hooks and some left over chicken, and yes we
caught 2, and lost 2 but it was fun, they were Wall Eye Surf Perch (I
think).
The wind is blowing through the rigging tonight but fetch is low at the
moment, we will see how it goes in the next 24 hours as the storm passes
through.