Happy Boxing Day! Fun to be a commonwealth country that celebrates the same holidays as Canada! Finally the sun appeared and the winds came back at 20 knots too. A more relaxing day of breakfast in the cockpit, a nice long walk on the pink sand beach on the Atlantic side this time starting from the southern end of island. Tina got a few hours of work in on the laptop while others spent afternoon swimming around the boat. The air is 82 but it feels a bit cold when you’re wet in the wind! Showers are a little painful in this weather. We try to conserve fresh water so we soap up and jump in the ocean to rinse the soap, then do a final fresh water rinse (to rinse off the salt) from the solar shower while sitting on the floor of the cockpit to get protection from the wind. Makes you want a cup of hot chocolate once it’s all done!
In the photos tonite I included one of Amel with all 3 sails up. This was from last week as we sailed form Chubb to Spanish Wells. Another cruiser just sent us the photo.
Tonight we are off to Junkanoo! It’s a special Bahamian celebration with parade and costumes (somewhat similar to Carnival). It will be a super late night so more about that tomorrow!
Fun Afloat 