Sally Joins Us for a Much Deserved Break

As Sally couldn’t get on the same flight as us from NYC, she had to travel separately and was due to arrive in Nassau around 2 pm so we spent the morning cleaning Juno, filling our water tanks with practically free water, washing sheets, and baking pumpkin bread.  Sally’s connection through Toronto went smoothly and Harry went to retrieve her from the airport with Carolyn. Soon thereafter, it was ‘rum o’clock’ again. We spent two hours swapping cruising/sailing stories with our hosts and fellow travellers on two other boats. We enjoyed meeting Ian and Lynn of sailwindward.com who we learned run a business of taking couples sailing for a week at a time out of Staniel Cay and then summer in the Azores.  A young couple from Belgium said (very casually) that they “lost a boat” in Belize, which upon further clarification we found out meant their boat hit something in the night and sank in four hours! Luckily they were picked up two hours before it finally went under.  Dinner was a delicious rotisserie chicken, quinoa, Trader Joe’s Grecian eggplant and tomatoes and a salad. Bedtime reading didn't last long for either the captain or new crew, but both should be well rested for tomorrow's adventures.

Rum O'Clock