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Puerto Rico!
Puerto Rico was a fun place to visit, and we wish we had more time. We struggled to balance our time between site-seeing and boat chores, but I think we did well in the end. The good thing about boat chores is that it often requires you to run around a city looking for appropriate parts (like deburring tools) which means you get to see more of the day-to-day life of the city, not just the touristy areas. We arrived late on Monday so we checked in then went to get groceries and dinner. We ended up having most of our dinners out when in Puerto Rico. I was thankful…
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Sint Maarten to Puerto Rico!
So our schedule was adjusted slightly – again, a normal part of cruising – but we still made it to Puerto Rico! We left Sint Maarten one day later than planned because the day we were to leave Sint Maarten, the refridgerator guy finally showed up and then needed another day to get our main fridge working. However, we were excited that he was able to fix it at all! We had previously been told to just have it removed and buy a new one. But it is a built-in specialized for the boat so would be difficult to replace. He wasn’t able to get the freezer working (previously it…
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Refitting, repairing and removing
We have been in Sint Maarten for a week now. We figured we would be here for about a week because we had to have our furling system replaced, but also wanted to pick up some appliances from the French side of this island that would work on our French built boat. Our boat runs on 230V and 50Hz power instead of the 120V/240V and 60Hz power that we see in our homes in Canada and much of the US. Therefore, buying appliances for our boats means ordering them from Europe, or buying them in Europe. Luckily, the French side of this island, Saint Martin, sells appliances because this part…
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Carriacou to Sint Maarten
We did it! We left Carriacou and got ourselves all the way to Sint Maarten. We had this as our first main destination because we have to have our furling system replaced. The furling system is responsible for furling up and holding the headsail. As I said previously, Kevin had some help to make it work temporarily, but we obviously want a more permanent solution. Especially if we are going to be doing some major passages – like the Atlantic. What an exilerating experience to finally be sailing on our boat. Although, our first day was actually motoring because we hadn’t gotten to the last few things we needed to…
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Making waves
I keep wanting to put off another post until we are on our way but then I think it’s too bad not to let everyone know how well we are doing. We are now just a day and half away from leaving Carriacou and feeling like we are finally starting our sailing journey! This week was as busy as ever. The butter finally arrived! So, I made cookies. That was a good day. More importantly, the part for the transmission arrived and the engine was repaired and put back together. To give you an idea of how poor a condition the boat was in when we got it. . .…
