We were determined to leave our berth in Jolly Harbor (JH) on Friday 08 March even if it was to just go to anchor and finish getting ready to transit to Domininca. We checked out of Customs & Immigration, the Marina office and were ready to go finally at around 1130. We topped off at the fuel dock and transited the well-marked channel passed the mooring buoys to the anchorage area.

Anchored: Lat/Long: 17 08.6677N 061 22.7986

In this photo you see Peter preparing the jib sail (much larger than the sta’sl) on Saturday AM for being hauled up once. Although by virtue of being at anchor we were usually headed into the wind, the wind was very strong and wanted to sail the boat as we hauled up the jib. So it took longer than desired and it was not pretty.

THEN we tackled the outboard and dinghy. Pete secured the falls around the electric winch which allowed us to haul up the outboard. Then he reattached the falls & winch to haul up the dinghy. It was our first time attempting any use of the electric winch so were unprepared for the overrides of the line - undoing those overrides took more time than we had planned (sounds familiar!).

We finished that evolution Saturday around 1700 – totally exhausted. However, we thought the winds & waves were calm enough (motoring calm) that we could get underway as the sun was setting and get some sleep. We were wrong. As soon as we came out from the island’s wind shadow we were hit with much stronger gusts and confused seas. The ride was extremely uncomfortable. We decided that safety outweighed pride and turned around for the JH anchorage.

We arrived and anchored around daylight, Sunday, showered and crashed. Basically we slept all Sunday day and then all night! Today, 3/11/19 was spent returning the boat to order and make safe for underway in rough seas.