Off to Mexico
Sarah Grace goes to sea
Chris Yerbury and Sophy White
Wed 21 Mar 2007 02:51
Cayo Largo, Cuba, March
19th 2007
We've been teetering on the
bring of our next passage for the last three days. We woke up on Monday
morning all set to go, but the wind was howling and we decided to sit
out the two day blow safely lashed to the pontoon in the marina, rather
than crashing around at sea. It was unforecast, and our friends
reported very rough seas downwind of us thirty miles away. So we
have had a great few days walking and swimming and doing school.
Today has been spent
largely getting ready for the passage again, the bread has been baked,
muffins made, a huge box of houmous is in the fridge, and Bob is strapped to the
foredeck.
We have filled up with
water, which takes the biscuit for being revolting. It is sulphurous
artesian water, and smells a bit of rotten eggs, and is briny to
boot.
It is undrinkable, so we
will drink out of jerrycans decanted from the last of our previous tank
water.
We have finally finished a
huge tuna that some fisherman rowed over to us. They didn't want anything
for it but we pressed some soap and a bottle of rum on them.
On Sunday Otti, Mimi and I
went to one of the enormous hotels at the other end of the island, and swam in
their huge pools. It was another world away from the rather homely
and simple marina we are in. We did school under a thatched palm hut
sunshade.