Leverick Bay feels like home. It is nice to be back. It was great to see Fred, Cindy, Marc and Mike again. It is strange though because there are very few charter boats around and all of the other folks are leaving or have left. The whirly birds, as Captain Bob on Bravura calls the Hurricanes, are coming.

You'd never know it. Leverick is as lovely as ever. The Visar (Virgin Islands Search And Rescue) crew had a fund raiser here today. They are all donation supported and it looked like a good time was had by all.

I have gotten back into weather mode and spend an hour or two each day tracking things and looking for that elusive window to make Saint Martin. It is only about 80 nm but it bears the exact direction the wind typically blows from. If nothing shows up in a week or so we may have to just suck it up and motor across.

In the mean time Hideko and I have plenty of projects to work on.