I thought it was about time the skipper made an appearance!

For the record,this blog has replaced the original http://blog.mailasail.com/zahara. If anyone is interested, this is still active and shows the track from the UK and across the 'Pond' almost exactly a year ago. The advantage of that one was that it could be updated by satellite and had a GPS based automatic positioning sysetm. Very useful in mid-Atlantic but, very expensive and not really needed now we will be languishing in the Caribbean for a while. The great advantage with this one, is that Dee will make most of the entries, leaving me to spend my valuable time on more important matters, like making sure the fridge is stocked with beer, erecting the hammock etc....

At the moment I am still in Marigot Bay, St Lucia and trying to complete necessary work before Dee arrives on Dec 10th. Apart from a fuel line problem yesterday all is well but I won't be totally happy until she comes out of the water in Rodney Bay on the 3rd for Antifouling etc (That's Zahara, not Dee!) She goes back in on the morning of the 10th, Dee arrives the same afternoon then, after a few day's in St lucia, it's south to the Grenadines for Christmas...... well, someone has to do it!