Just a quick update this week. We are still waiting for the transimission part, but at least now it has been ordered and scheduled to arrive on Tuesday. Then the mechanic will fix things and we should be ready to sail at the end of this week! Fingers crossed. We spent the week much the same as the previous, doing lots of boatwork and doing schoolwork. We did treat ourselves to a day at the beach on Saturday. Paradise beach is their most popular beach on this island. We had to go into Hillsborough to pick up a package from their Fedex office, more boat parts, so we had lunch…

Another week done and although it is exciting to be in the water, we still are not ready to set sail. We are so eager, it is hard to wait. There is a saying, “Cruising is doing boatwork in exotic places”. A somewhat pessimistic saying. Once you are at the point of maintaining your boat it is probably not completely true because you can spend more time exploring the places you visit rather than doing boatwork. However, for us, right now, it feels very true. We decided this probably means we need to spend a little more time enjoying the place we are in and take a break from our…

Quick post to say that – the boat is in the water! It was a long day and we had to wait till the end of the day for our turn with the Lift and Travel. It is a different feeling being on the water already. We were rocked to sleep and the wind is slightly stronger and more cooling right on the dock. Plus we see water through our escape hatches. The little kids have new risks – no more ladders to fall down, but now there is water to fall in. Simon and Norah have to wear a lifevest whenever they are out on deck, especially if we…