A Cruisers Day

So you ask what cruisers do with their time all day? Well we read a lot and visit other cruise boats in our dinghies. Lots of 5:00 PM cocktails and chip and dips. But let’s go through a typical morning.

We were at Staniel Cay and had a chance to get on the internet. After running the engine to charge the batteries and making RO (reverse osmosis) water Linda got down to writing the blog. While she did this I rounded up the spare fuel and refilled the tank in the dinghy. The outboard was tested to make sure it worked and water was pumped out. By this time Linda was finished writing, I got on the computer and downloaded, resized and prepared pictures for the blog.

My neighbour HIGHHEELED then called on the VHF and asked for advice on replacing a blown generator that just died on him (the definition of cruising is ‘fixing your boat in exotic places). His wife heard that we were going to town and she asked if we would pick up her shopping that she left the previous day at the club.

The computer was then put inside two water proof containers.The outer one being a Pelican case that our son gave us. Our anchorage was about 3nm from the yacht club and the wind and waves were against us. This meant that we would have a slow wet ride in. Linda in particular got very wet.

After half an hour we stopped at a dinghy dock next to a grocery store where we had left a propane cylinder the day before. We were told to come back the next day and it might be filled. It was. Then off to the Staniel Cay Club where the blog and photos were uploaded. Weather was also checked and discussed with other cruisers travelling south.

Then it was time for lunch. We treated ourselves to a shared club sandwich and french fries. There was plenty of food. While we sat there and enjoyed our lunch we consciously remembered, with a smile on our faces, the winter that we were ‘missing’ back home.

It was time to go back to FORTNIGHT but while we were in town the wind and waves had clocked and they were against us on the way back. Another slow wet ride back. We dropped off the shopping bag at HIGHEELED and went back to our boat. After putting things away I had a cockpit shower. It was 1:30 and nap time.

So how was your day?