Happy New Year

We're celebrating the New Year with a series of Junkanoos - celebrations with fireworks, music and a general party until you can't party no more. There was fireworks on Treasure Cay beach last night - awesome. Then there was a party at the Treasure Cay marina. Several boats came into the anchorage last night, most of whom we knew.

It was Reg's last night with us before he returns to us in Georgetown at the beginning of February.

A weather window has come up that makes a trip to Eleuthra possible this week. We will likely be making the 50-mile or so passage with a few other boats we've met. Then after we work our way down the Eleuthra chain we'll head across the Exuma Sound to the Exuma Cays and then to Staniel Cay and Georgetown. We have several good friends down there already. It will likely take us about one to two weeks to make our way depending on weather. Our Internet service is about to get very spotty so posting will be infrequent at best until April when we start heading back.

We are still struggling with issues with our shortwave radio, a good source (theoretically) for weather info critical to making passages and a few other electronic issues such as how the heck to make our wifi antenna work.

Thanks to everyone for their comments on the blog, for the real story go to Elizabeth's blog at elizabethssailingblog.blogspot.com. She gets a few more chances to post than I do and does a fine job.