Windward Islands - Carriacou

        On the sail down to Carriacou (an island of Grenada), we caught a double strike of mahi!!  I reeled em both in - Jason would have been proud of his fishing buddy!  They weren't huge but about three meals and Roxy sure loves fresh fish. lol

        Darrell has a good analogy regarding our travel days. Imagine driving your home at 5 miles per hour from Lubbock to Amarillo without stopping. Travel time is 24-25 hours for a trip that length. You see the lights of the towns off in the distance as you sail along under the stars. We have had several such passages over the course of the trip. We actually enjoy sailing at night. The best part is how quiet it has been without having to motor into the wind!

        Since being here, we have been diving once - yes, we needed a refresher. Ann's gear is now badly in need of servicing from dry rot!!  The dive was BEAUTIFUL !!!  The reef was healthy and full of many varieties of fish. I remember why I fell in love with diving, now!

        While we have been in the windwards, an offer was made on our house in Key Largo. If all goes well, we will close the end of August. Look out, KL, here we come!  We have a lot of stuff to get rid of or store!

        We are looking forward to a sailing regatta here in a little over a week. These people build sailing vessels from scratch on a beach!  Outta be interesting!

        And interesting it was to see the boats being built!  (I thought about you, Capt. Al)  We took two buses over to Windward. Hope we captured the true nature of it. There is not really a boatyard - there are boats and they are in a yard - a backyard!  The American Eagle was launched last Sunday. When they launch one, they throw a big party and the whole island gets invited with food and drink for the occasion. 

        The extra curricular activities surrounding the Regatta are getting going early. The cruisers have a pot luck dinner and an auction to raise $$ for the children' s educational funds next week. 

        We sailed over to Grenada for the weekend to look things over.  While we have been here, we have gotten a contract to sell our house in Key Largo.  We are looking at places to store the boat while we fly back to get the closing and finish moving things out.  We have some great friends who have offered to dog sit for Roxy while we are gone - they don't know what they are getting in to!