Today was a rather wet and rainy, which will amuse those in the UK who are currently enjoying some unseasonably good weather for April. Rain in the Caribbean comes in black squall rain clouds which can be seen approaching and after 10 minutes have passed through, the temperature again rising quickly. Therefore, we spend the day opening hatches to get a breeze and closing them again when the rain passes through. Perhaps it is our English heritage that I rather enjoy the cosiness of the sound of rain on the roof (nostalgia no doubt, it being less frequent here), so we settled down to reading internet jobs in doors. At points through the morning, Jost Van Dyke island, only 5 miles away was obscured in deluge and everyone in the anchorage sat on their boats.
Jost Van Dyke island our view astern – in clear weather
In the afternoon, the weather brightened up and we were able to get in for our daily swim. After the morning cooped up inside it was lovely to be in the water, although it is not quite as clear where we are now nearer the beach due to the sand, we still have a resident colony of small silver fish and their predators, two sleek jacks swimming up from below.
I managed to speak to my parents today on Skype to find out how things were progressing with their plans, not ones to hang around, they had already bought a boat! A 2 year old 57ft narrow boat would soon be delivered by the previous owners nearer to their house. Therefore, we had much to discuss about equipment choices, living on board etc. They send us a link to the boat and it looks lovely, very comfortable, I’m sure they will enjoy joining the large community of live aboard cruisers in the UK for the summer.
We popped across to Jeannius early evening to deliver the fishing rod and make a plan for our departure. We all agreed over a couple of cool beers that we would depart for Jost Van Dyke.
Back to the boat, we watched an old Billy Connelly DVD before getting an early night.
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