Thursday, December 13, 2012

Updates

It's been raining practically non stop since we arrived to Grenada so we haven't had the opportunity to explore the island as yet. Been indoors working on the boat, Alex with installations and me on the computer for the most part. Reading a lot these days too, just started to dig into Memoirs of a Gesiha by Arthur Golden. Though I've heard much about it, I have neither seen the movie in full nor read the book previously so it's intriguing to throw myself into the colorful suggestive Japanese culture for a bit. In between all this we're planning our next few months. We have a friend flying in from the US right after new year with whom we will be sailing to Colombia so we'll stay in Grenada until then. Decided to haul the boat out and prepare most parts here in Grenada so we have around three weeks to go and can take the whole process as comfortably slow as we wish. We have after all at least three months to kill somewhere before we can transit the canal and get out on the much longed for other side. It's been a busy year for us but the ambiance is different as we approach the end of the year. Less boat work, less stress and we're rather flowing towards the next step of this journey. Things feel good and we are happy to be where we are. If only the rain could calm down so we can get to see those beautiful rainfalls we've heard so much about. Image from when we arrived to Grenada last week.

5 comments:

Matthew Gart said...

What do you do for accommodations when you are hauled out? I imagine that can get expensive. Very excited to hear the accounts of the voyage to the Marquesas next year.

Ourjourneytothesea said...

I can't wait to hear about the Panama Canal!

Anonymous said...

Why wait 3 months to go through panama?,
I can guarantee that once you hit the Galapagos and South Pac you would have wished that you transited earlier and made the passage earlier.

Yes World cruising routes suggests that you should make the passage in April. But you can quite happily do it in March or earlier. Also the earlier you get to Panama the less the delay in transit from to many boats!

JW

Andi of My Beautiful Adventures said...

LOVE that book!!!

Anonymous said...

I agree with JW, we made our crossing in early March and we had perfect conditions for flying the geni 24 hours a day. Things didn't get sporty till we neared 5 degrees and had to deal with squalls from 12am to 5am for about 4 nights. One day near the equator, we drop all the sails and just sat dead calm and read books and listened to the ipod. Just sitting in the middle of the ocean in 15,000 feet of water 1500 miles from anything was a great experience.