Wednesday 28 August 2019

Another night and early morning of splendid sailing. We're now cruising along on a reach at one hundred knots, give or take ninety two and a half. Wind slowly increased to fifty - approximated as well, so could be off as much as thirty two. Comfortable sea may not be quite thirty feet. Slow sections, while enjoyable, would make necessary night arrival against current so expect to stop in river, perhaps at Visserskampen right after river mouth, and proceed to Waterland, Suriname's only marina, late tomorrow morning.

Expect restful night after a wee dram and dinner of artisan (that's a snooty way of saying homemade) pizza, then sleep-in tomorrow as tide doesn't change until 10:21.

Since land is flat tide goes upriver a long way, a pile of water must slosh in because it's screaming out where we are tonight - location as previously anticipated. Paramaribo, sixteen nm in, has over a two meter tide (that's more than six feet for Americans who should have gone metric fifty years ago... just sayin'). New more careful look at tide tables indicates low tide in the morning at 1059, so expect more later sleep-in and departure for marina. If current good, anticipate under five hours to reach Wallyland (due regrettable influence of movie "Vacation", this as well as Water World chandlery in Caribbean have been renamed). Staff disappears at 1600, but we don't want to run engine hard - a quandary revealed.

After three wee drams, can think of nothing snarky to say, so goodnight all. You should not necessarily expect more twaddle tomorrow, as we may remain busy negotiating channel and subsequently drinking to a wretched excess after arrival. Any overt cheering at this point would be unnecessary and rude.

Jack & Jan