St Martins again

Philippides III
Chris & Carol Jackson
Sun 18 May 2008 17:21
We are having a few days at St Martins making preparations for the crossing which is looming ever closer. Visited US supermarket for 80 bottles non alcoholic beer, 20 cokes plus huge quantities of orange juice etc. Unfortunately, despite all Carols precautions, we got cockroaches again, we have now hopefully got rid of them but it has taken an age! A problem in hot climates I suppose. Tomorrow we go into the Lagoon for a day or two to get the new mainsail fitted and have the engine and generator serviced big time. I do the filter and oil changes but we are having a proffessional full on service and check over done. Also, a small fresh water leak has proved to be the domestic pressure relief valve on the hot water tank, it happened before and we replaced it in Madiera, well, its gone again so hopefully we can buy a new one here. Then its off to a few more islands on our final trip back to Antigua, may call in at Barbuda, St Kitts, all depends on time and which way the wind is blowing. Weather still good but it sure is getting hot, 35c today, makes working on the boat hard.