Mo-Bay they call it here, for Montego Bay. Not much to see, it is one large tourist resort with loads of tourist from Europe and US flying in directly. We however are anchored of the Montego Bay yachtclub and enjoy our first hot shower after 4 months, which even in the tropics is feeling great, so much so that Heloisa is spending most of her day inside the shower. The yachtclub has a pool and playground, so Auke is happy. I enjoy the easy fauteuils and sit back and read my book or do some catching up on the www. According the grib files it is tad breezy out there this week, so we hold of for the 3 day trip to Providencia Island till this weekend, when the winds come down according the forecast. We don,t 20 knots winds, but I know from experience it is better to start in calm winds the first day, this allows everyone to get "into the swing" before the winds pick up.

The picture above is Mundinho sailing from Cuba to Jamaica in 25 knots close hauled. The picture was taken by Peter and Kaye on Dancing Brave, Australians on their way to Hobart in Tasmania. Hobart is pretty much where the world stops, if it has not stopped before that already. The picture below shows more cruisers during a lunch prepared by Matane, a Kiwi boat in Port Antonio. There are two great things about the cruising lifestyle. One is meeting and learning all the different places and cultures. Two is meeting all types of cruisers, all like-minded and still different in how we do our things. Pretty much all great people with great stories to tell, especially after some beers. On this one table with around 10 cruisers, we had; Australians, New Zealanders, Japanese, Slovania, Polish, USA, Brazilian and two Dutchman (me and Auke), This is what I personally find so interesting about cruising.