Monday, December 13, 2010
Sometime before dawn I was awakened by a sporadic light knocking on the forward bulkhead next to my head. I soon realized it was the boat hook that I’d hung up in the sail locker that was swinging into the bulkhead with the very light swell – but I was so lazy that I kept on hoping that the sound would stop by itself. Alas, it didn’t. So I had to get up and remove the source of the sound – but as the sun was coming up I remembered that the tome on photography that I’d purchased kept on stating that the perfect light is at sunrise, so I grabbed the camera a took a number of pictures, only one of which was halfway acceptable. Fortunately, I feel fast asleep after that and woke up at 7:30 to make some coffee and start the day slowly. I needed to make it to Spanish Town on Virgin Gorda in order to clear out of the BVI but the wind was only 3-4 knots dead on the nose so I motored all the way in time to clear out at about 14:00 and was fortunate to have the exact $5 as the cashier was once again out to lunch (the last 2 times at VG customs & immigration I’d not been so fortunate and once had to wait until the next day). The whole procedure took less than 5 minutes and was a breeze. After clearing out I was no longer in a hurry and took a leisurely sail up to the North Sound and anchored off Prickly Pear again. I got the dinghy engine up without dropping it into the anchorage and put the dinghy up on the foredeck. The weather looks perfect for a quick motor across, WindGuru.com shows 5 knots of wind and the Atlantic swell with a very long period (making the crossing comfortable instead of a chore). I’ve just grilled a Chorizo and baked a potato on the BBQ and am going to get 4 hours of sleep before setting off on the passage around two in the morning.
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