Saturday Jan 14, 2023 - Cabbage Cays

 

Sure enough it got a little bouncy last night just after midnight, but we all slept okay. Hannah and Erick were up just checking things in the middle of the night. The new solar string lights we brought down add a nice moonlight effect in the cockpit, and you can see if you are above deck late at night.

Scrambled eggs with lobster and veggies for breakfast, and Hannah started a rum cake for later tonight. We spent some time going over New Zealand plans (South Island) with Hannah and Erick, since they spent an entire winter down there a few years back.

They installed a water maker a couple of years back and it is a game changer. We have not had to make (fresh) water since we left Georgetown, so they fired up the generator for a few hours this morning. Better than ferrying water back and forth with the dinghy.

Today we sit tight as this storm blows through (wind but no rain to speak of). We are seeing it hit 30 knots off and on all day and the captains found a nice quiet pocket to spend the day in. Along with the high wind is cold wind (well relatively, fleece jackets). Good “work day” to run the water maker and fill the tanks. Hannah had some cabin projects and Erick and I (okay, I watched Erick) pulled one of the sump pumps apart, cleaned it and added a check valve to reduce the gurgling sound every 6 hours or so. 

Erick swam to a nearby island (with the wind howling) looking for lobsters but came back an hour later empty handed. They must have been riding out the storm as well deep underneath some of the coral tunnels.

Cocktails were a little later due to all the projects. They brought out some English ale with nitrogen canisters inside that was smooooth.

Dinner was hog fish that Erick had previously speared with a tamarind glaze, cassava, and salad. Hannah worked on a rum cake we have been smelling all day and we finally had some of it for dessert tonight. Delicious!

We played a game called Farkel (Deb won) which is played with just 6 die. 

The wind is settling down tonight and the boat is nice and calm. I see some good sleeping happening tonight.