Saturday, January 4, 2014

What a difference the wind makes!  We have had north winds recently and  that brings huge waves.  They looked like the waves you see in Hawaii but they don't break on sandy shores near us.  They break on reefs and rocks.  Today we couldn't get into the marina because of those breakers, so we took the dinghy into the government basin.  Club Med is located on the north shore, so all their dive boats are also tied up in the government basin.  We needed to return the car rental from yesterday by 10:30 and just as I jumped onto land with Bentley, Will asked me, "Did you bring the car key?"  No, I had not.  So he took another dinghy ride back to the boat, which was another 20 minute ride.  We were able to get to town for grocery as we had thought the supply boat had come in, but it didn't make it.  So car returned on time!  Back at the dinghy we were anchored by one of the Club Med dive boats, and they allowed us to use their boat to get into our dinghy.  Pulling the anchor was impossible, so a cute little young girl dove in to help retrieve it.  She wore a mask and had air from tanks on board their boat.  She freed us and now We are back on the boat, rolling side to side with the waves, but they are subsiding.
Tomorrow Will's brother Jamie arrives to help us sail further south in unknown territories to us.

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