We spent a few days near the Island of Jost Van Dyke (named after a fearless woman pirate!) preparing Brahminy for the 1060 NM crossing from the BVI's to the San Blas Islands in Panama. We had heard various reports of rough seas and strong winds so Dan plotted our course to stay just outside the low pressure storm cell that regularly occurs off the Colombian coast near Cartegena. There was a lot of work to be done securing everything, checking motors, rigging and sails to name a few.
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| Sara found a friend on little Jost Van Dyke! |
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| Some of the mega yachts here are fitted out with everything. This one pulled up next to us and set up a mobile 'theme park', check out the huge blow up slide they constructed off the top deck! |
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| We found this little guy on a island, check out his tail! almost like a sail fish dorsal fin on a lizard. Dan thinks he may be new to science so has aptly named him Biccus tailus |
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| Always time for relaxing on a deserted island |
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| Dan installed an extra 2 x 150 Amp hour batteries and then secured them all with tie down straps. |
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| Brahminy! Sara putting on the finishing touches to her name. |
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| The stove broke and took several very frustrating trips to town, welding, and mac-guyver skills to get it working again. A 3 day job!!! |
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| Our 10 man life raft! It was not checked or re-packed since 2006 so we were told to pray and hope it would be serviceable. We looked at prices for a new one which were around $4500. Luckily we were told that it was in good shape despite the time and were charged $1750 to re-pack...Another inflated cost we were not expecting but nice to know its there. |
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| Sara's Dad Scott arrived and promptly scaled the mast to try to replace a damaged sheave that he spotted, what a legend! |
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| Plotting our route across the Caribbean sea |
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