The blog site for some reason does not like my new blackberry. It posts pictures but not text. So this time I am copying it to Joanna to see if she will post it for me in case the problem continues.
We left the marina on Tuesday, not too early because we had a mechanic come over to see if he could change an O ring to stop a fuel leak, minor, very minor. He also changed an impeller, which he said was fine. When he was done the motor would not turn on. It took an hour of bleeding here there and everywhere and some magic before it turned on.
We had somebody from the marina help us get out because it was windy and with effort we made it. The stress of the engine and of leaving the slip unscathed, or almost, tired us out so we crossed to caneel bay in St John, just 3 or 4 miles away, got a mooring ball and rested.
Yesterday we took the dinghy to gorgeous honeymoon beach and hiked to Cruz Bay, really cute town, then hiked back the long way through the resort which is spectacular!
We then had a long and really rough ride to Trellis bay, against wind and current, zigzagging to make the best of the wind and today we're off to Bitter End in Virgin Gorda. The weather forecasts keep telling us Saturday will be perfect for our crossing to St Martin and in fact it seems to be better today. We'll enjoy Bitter End today and tomorrow and then we'll see. Our fishing gear is ready. Supposedly you have to fish eithe early in the morning or late afternoon. We'll give it a try!
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