2024-04-14 Still just hanging out in St. Martin

Well, we have not moved in the last week.  Heavy NE winds kept us here, plus in no hurry to move on anywhere.  Just doing daily living stuff.

Really exciting things 😜like Kris sewed a new cover for the bean bag in the cockpit

Old bag, made of cheap vinyl just to see if we would use it, and what size to make it.

New one, still made of scrap material, but should last much longer

Went to Ace Hardware to get a plumbing part for a leaky valve we had on the watermaker backflush system

Biggest and nicest Ace hardware we have ever been to.  Even an upstairs with more stuff

Helped our friend Tracy on Wanderlust move her stuff from old dinghy to new one

Dean helping hold things steady while stuff moved from old on left to new on right.

Got groceries and marveled over how all four wheels on the shopping cart pivot.  Great for maneuvering in tight aisles

Nice grocery cart at the local Carefour grocery store, note that all 4 wheels pivot

Had a nice visit with Matt and Charlie on Matcha, who sailed a small boat and just bought a larger one, and have been working hard moving on and getting it ready to continue cruising on.   We met them in Puerto Rico.

Kris is trying to prolong the life of of sandals she finds really comfortable, but the bottoms are too hard and slippery.   Both Kris and Dean took a tumble on the  wet streets this week, from wearing shoes with slickish bottoms on the slick sloped concrete.

Smeared 3M 4200 on the bottoms to try to add traction.

Went out for lunch at McDonalds

Our standard meal.  Big Mac for Dean, and Quarter Pounder for Kris, with fries and coke

Kris dug through some lockers, cleaning and organizing, (and looking for a cable she could not remember where we put).  Decided to try to sell our 44lb Delta anchor that came with the boat and we haven't used and probably won't.

Delta anchor that came with the boat.  Has probably been stored for its entire life

We took our propane tank in to get filled, but ended up doing an exchange instead, only $19.  When we took the tank out, Dean noticed a divot in the tank.    You might remember when we had our dinghy shot in Salinas.   Well, we had the propane tank in the dinghy when that happened, and we are pretty sure that the bullet hit the tank, and that prevented it from going through both tubes, instead of just the one.  Lucky Us! 😅

Bullet impact on propane tank

This week is just more life, and looking at weather for the jump to Antiqua, or Barbuda depending on winds.