Wednesday, January 1, 2014

Back Aboard for the New Year

We arrived back in Georgetown around 4:30 pm. That gave us just enough time to catch a taxi to the dock and have Elvis (Yep that is his name) take us to Stray Cat before dark. We immediately went to work opening up and airing out the boat and also running the engines to charge the batteries. The batteries were seriously low . There was not a speck of wind and the small solar panels we have were not enough to keep the batteries charged while we were gone. We will definitely be adding more solar panels and another wind generator this spring.  Since the boat was closed up and we had a few minor hatch (window) leaks, everything was damp on board. After taking care of only what was necessary we fell into our damp bed around 8:30 pm and slept until 8:30 am the next day.
New Years Eve was spent airing and drying out as much of the  inside of the boat as possible.  My soggy mattresses got sun dried and  toasty warm on the front trampolines. Note to any one who does this for the first time. If you have carpet mats (and many of us do) roll them up and stand them up somewhere. They trap moisture and make a mess of your floors.

We got back into the swing of things with a Bahamas Bath. That is where we jump into the water ( in our  bathing suites, I clarify that because the grand kids asked). We then take our shampoo/soap and lather up and scrub. Swim around and I rinse the soap from my hair (Freddie doesn't have to worry with this for obvious reasons) Finally we  climb out for a quick rinse with fresh water before toweling off and going below to dress for the day. We did more boat work (always) and went into town to get some groceries since everything will be closed for New Years day.

I am happy to be back aboard Stray Cat ( although I could do without the sticky 80 degree humidity). I can not tell you how beautiful the stars are.  Even with the town across the Harbor still lit up for Christmas and a Mega Yacht lit up for a party the stars are the "star"attraction. We even had the friendly dolphin come and swim around Stray Cat and welcome us back. New Years Day was spent mostly doing the same. We had to get our watermaker cleaned out and making clean water. I cooked fresh bread and spaghetti for our New Years Day dinner. 
PS The internet in 2014 here is as frustrating as it was in 2013. LOL

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