Well it has been great getting stuff done on the boat. A short walk to Island Water World one way and Budget Marine the other, FKG and Electec right at the end of the dock and virtually everything else a short dinghy ride away in a protected lagoon.

It is time to head south however. There's dense vegetation growing on my waterline (and I'm not diving in here to work on it), beautiful anchorages are calling, I want to play with the new toys and most of all the canes are a brewin'.

Also the crime rate seems to be fairly high here. We have a dog aboard which, knock on wood, pretty much makes us immune to theft. Unfortunately we have logged many boat break ins in the last 2 weeks and one dinghy theft. No worse than Marina Del Rey I suppose but as the boat density decreases the percentage exposure of the remaining targets seems to be getting uncomfortable. Comes with the developed territory I guess.

We freaked out at the last minute and had the local mattress factory build us a custom mattress for our cabin. I was on the fence about our cushion mattress. It is not bad but it is not a mattress. These days you can get a crazy comfortable pillow top monster mattress in the US if you are willing to shell out for it. This place was making what seemed like good mattresses but I don't think they had access to the materials you find back in the states. I got the top of the line and custom sized it only ran $625 delivered! We're likin' it so far but time will tell it it holds up in a marine environment.