Arrived in Aruba yesterday at one pm. Checked in at Customs and immigration and the had to move about 2 miles to anchorage

Left Curaçao at 8 pm on tandem with Saarina the Finnish  boat. They were kind enough to lend me Hanna and her husband Kai as crew. Sure helped standing watches of three hours each. First night winds were under 10k but next day they jumped up to 20 to 25k on a downwind reach. Had to go off course several miles just to keep sails from slating. Got separated from Saarina quickly. My two crew got seasick with all the motion but they helped out tremendously.  No success on fishing at all

Had Saarina's crew over for pancakes and eggs after anchoring.  They thought that was a real treat. It seems they mainly eat porridge and biscuits

Caught a cold last night so stayed on boat this morning. It was a good thing because Saarina drug down an me this morning. They had just dinghed in. Heard a bump and jumped up to find their boat on mine. Jumped over on their boat and another dinghy came over on pushed them off my boat. They had a spare anchor do I dropped it and got a ride back to my boat. No damage thank God. Just another day out here

Wishing everyone a wonderful Christmas.  Now I'll attempt to find some free wifi


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