Almost There
Harmonie
Don and Anne Myers
Mon 19 Nov 2007 19:44
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21:23.301N 65:40.536W
Less than 200 miles to go. We expect to
arrive in Charlotte Amalie Harbor on St. Thomas tomorrow (Wednesday)
night. A full day earlier than Don's original plan. Once again a
project delivered early with no help from GCS (Don figured Bruce and Tony would
most appreciate this observation).
Bill's birthday celebration has been
postponed until tonight due to unscheduled wave action that took place
yesterday causing the chief cook to scale back on the elaborate dinner that was
planned. The birthday boy took the news well and turned 60 without a
hitch.
We continue to sail straight south at a nice pace
with good wind. Today (Tuesday 11/20) the seas are relatively flat.
As a result, the activity level on the boat is at an all time high. The
generator is running, we are making fresh water, doing some laundry in
the washing machine, cleaning the crust of salt off of important surfaces
like the windshield so we can actually see where we are going, etc. All in
preparation for landfall.
We saw two freighters yesterday and Bill saw some
birds this morning, so it is clear that we are getting closer to land and
civilization. Although we are all looking forward to sleeping on a vessel
that is not moving, I think we will also miss the solitude we've experienced
while on watch at night with no one and nothing around except the stars, moon
and sound of the wind and waves (and the occasional harmonica being
played along with one of the classic blues songs on the
stereo).
More tomorrow or Thursday - hopefully from St.
Thomas.
Anne |