The wind is howling like a pack of wolves during a full moon. The seas are being whipped up like your frothier on high speed for your morning latte. The tops of the waves are blowing off to form a saltwater mist coating everything, and the rain starts. Not just a nice sprinkle more like the heavens opening up and pouring down on us. It is now going on two weeks with this weather and it is getting old to say the least. Mile High Dream is standing up to the pressure of being thrown around like a rubber ducky in the hot tub, I’m not sure I can say that about Diane and myself. The first week we were able to stay at a Marina so we did not experience the full brunt of it. Now that our reserved time at the marina has run out, we are forced to leave the marina and face the true force of this terrible weather.
Having a great time in the Caribbean, anyone want to join us?
Diane my girlfriend who sailed with me last season and part of the season before covid hit joined me in November and we flew to Grenada to get Mile High Dream ready for the season. All went well with replacing batteries getting a number of other projects done on the boat before heading north. I have been asking myself how many more years I want to be part of the sailing adventure. Our first crossing with winds and seas pushing my comfort zone pretty much let me know the answer to that question. I certainly do not enjoy it as much as I used to and there are other adventures I would like to experience. With that decision made we decided to start a slow meandering pace north thru the Carbbean for my last time. It is fun going to the places that I really enjoyed in the past and being able to share them with Diane who has not had the joy of the islands.
Carriacou, Union Island, The Tobago Cays in St. Vincent, St. Lucia, Martinique, Dominica, and Guadeloupe where we are at now have all been part of this years adventure. The Saintes where we are now watching the seas and wind show their force will be sadly missed once we leave. Well maybe not the wind, rough seas and rain.
The weather is suppose to calm down and we will sail north to Antigua where we will leave the boat for the summer. Next season we will sail it back to Florida. That is our current plan. Like all sailing plans, “Plans are written in the sand at low tide and can easily be changed and forgotten.”
The photo is of Diane and I and our cruising friends for the last two seasons. The girls had a fun time buying us shirts and not letting us know we would be both wearing them that night.