2011-12-29

Arnd

Winter 2011-2012 Trip 2011-12-29

I got an early start on the boat and after breakfast of coffee and a granola bar I set about getting the dinghy out of the garage and back into the water and this time around the process went quite a bit faster and without any bruising or scratching; it took about 45 minutes this time but still included time where I just sat and planned on what to do next and how to do it. I’m sure I’ll get that total time reduced with a bit of practice.
After finishing preparations I weighed anchor and motored out of the North Sound then turned of the diesel and sailed, at first with just the genoa then later with both sails, for Spanish Town and the BVI customs & immigration office. Although there was only one boat ahead of me in line the whole process took quite a bit of time but once complete I was free to roam the islands. I purchased some bread at Bobby’s then had an exhilarating sail back up to the North Sound with both sails reefed against the 20 knot (apparent) wind and sailed into and around the North Sound before putting on the engine to anchor.
I went to happy hour at Saba Rock and met the couple who owned the motor cruiser “Poet Warrior” which is a fixture in the North Sound, Paula and Sara. After too many libations I dinghied home, made a simple dinner and started watching a movie on the PC but didn’t make it very far before switching to a paperback book and then an early night in a comfortable anchoring spot (the wind and current move in the same direction, minimizing swinging around at night).

Original hosting provider breaks my old website

My old hosting company, who will remain unnamed although their name starts with “go” and the end rhymes with “baddy”, changed their software with little notice and the original SV-ZANSHIN.COM site stopped working overnight.

Every. Single. Page.

So I’ve transitioned to another provider. These original pages have been migrated, but all the formatting and other features are gone and the will still contain numerous display issues and formatting anomalies.

The manual effort of conversion is too much and not worth the effort involved. Over 1000 blog diary pages like this one are going to remain in this condition. The pictures are full-scale, but won’t expand when clicked. But you can can copy them to view them in their original splendour.