eventually i tore my self away from thoughts of the genset to focus on the day at hand. we had originally invited waka irie over for a beach bonfire/bbq but after getting nailed by little no see-ums/sand-flea things last night we where having second thoughts. the one piece of good news was jen was able to find our bag of about 50 oysters that had been hung off the back of palapa but somehow got...
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Well today has to be one of the most expensive frustrating sucky days i have every had. It started out normally enough I was up early running the genset (panda 6KW), checking weather (there is a tropical 72 hours out). Then I heard the genset slow a bit, concerned, i unloaded it, moments later it died and when i tried to restart it it would not turn over. i immediately expected and feared the...
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in spite of our late night party, past midnight according to our camera we decided we needed to get underway for a prettier spot for some swimming and relaxing. with a bit of pain we finally got the anchor up and underway. as you can see from the photo’s it was well worth the effort! took about an hour to motor around to white island. this is one of our favorite “baby”...
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so we managed to get beer in the refer and bread for some tapanad appetizers jen and aimee where planning with no problem. however for a while it it looked like it would be only the 4 of us again as at 5pm the other boat we had invited was still not on their mooring. finally around 6pm we say the other boat return and i dingied over to tell them they where late. finally around 7pm the 5 of...
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today i took Aimee and jen into shore for a bus to town for provisioning. jen really likes to get started early and they actually ended up at the market before 8 and before it opened. i used the time to do some work work on palapa. this work is not to be confused with the “boat” work that keeps me occupied the rest of the time. the girls returned from hillsdale, the main town, and...
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earlier in the day one of the locals had come by offering wine and oysters. we had plenty of wine from st marteen but we did get a dozen or so oysters for 17EC. The plan had been to BBQ them for lunch but that rolled into a dinner appetizer with aimee and jen making pizzas. the oysters turned out to be such a hit that when another local entrepreneur came by we decided to get some more. this...
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