Day 80, October 20th, 2009
We never finished the blog last night, so I got up at 6:00 and have been tapping away on the keyboard every since! Lovely sunshine again today but it was pretty chilly in the night. Had to put the little heater on again first thing. We're just going to anchor out at Goat Island tonight, right adjacent to Lee Spry Boatyard. We'll dinghy over to say goodbye to Paul and Sue and then we'll be ready to move on tomorrow morning. In this picture you will see a sail boat with its mast down, just taking off. The boat's name is "BonVent" from Ottawa. Big Beneteau with centre cockpit, probably 52ft or so. They are on their way to the Bahamas for the winter, then will leave the boat in Florida for the summer while they go to Australia, then back to pick up the boat and take her to Central America! You can just see Periwinkle's mast at the end of the dock.
We never finished the blog last night, so I got up at 6:00 and have been tapping away on the keyboard every since! Lovely sunshine again today but it was pretty chilly in the night. Had to put the little heater on again first thing. We're just going to anchor out at Goat Island tonight, right adjacent to Lee Spry Boatyard. We'll dinghy over to say goodbye to Paul and Sue and then we'll be ready to move on tomorrow morning. In this picture you will see a sail boat with its mast down, just taking off. The boat's name is "BonVent" from Ottawa. Big Beneteau with centre cockpit, probably 52ft or so. They are on their way to the Bahamas for the winter, then will leave the boat in Florida for the summer while they go to Australia, then back to pick up the boat and take her to Central America! You can just see Periwinkle's mast at the end of the dock.
All the boats on this side of the dock are transients, most doing the Loop. You can see another shot of sailboats at the marina - amongst them is a boat from Greenland. We haven't got to meet them though. Chatting with people, where they come from, where they've been and where they're going is always fun and interesting.
Goat Island really is Goat Island. See the welcoming committee as we beached the dinghy! We walked around the Island and met lots more too. They were probably quite tame but we didn't know that so we both picked up a good sturdy stick to use as a weapon, just in case they weren't friendly!!!
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