~~~ Marlene and Roy ~~_/) ~~
This blog is a handy way of letting family and friends know where we are and what we are doing while aboard our sailboat. Luckily we can send messages via a slow radio transmission. The first post is from California, as we work and get ready to return to Damiana.
Friday, February 10, 2012
Weather, anchors, etc.
We stayed up later than usual last night, 10 p.m. Just as we were heading for the bunk, a clap of thunder, a few flashes of lightning in the hills, and then rain. It rained all night. This morning a boat that had arrived late yesterday was inching up on our stern. They had anchored too close to us plus let out too little chain. After several calls we finally awakened them. He came out and let out a little more chain. Well, we weren't at all comfortable with our boats being so close so we moved to another spot in the anchorage. It's a funky weather day so we're staying on board; some new friends are coming over around 1 pm to play a game of some sort. When we re-anchored we recognized a boat from our past years in Mexico and hailed them on the radio. So tonight they'll come over for dinner and catching up on the last five years!