SHORT DISTANCE, LONG WAY

 

Curacao Marina is squeezed into a mosquito hole at the end of Willemstad commercial port. November 24th we left it, glad to feel the open water breeze again. Going east we had to motor sail to Klein Curacao, where we anchored for the stormy night, dragging the anchor a few times on the stony bottom and ended up drifting along the island until the first day light, when we raised sails again. We tacked in the ENE wind all the way to Bonaire, storms passing over us almost every hour. In a short break of foul weather we picked up a mooring along the Kralendijk shore, happy to be on one of our favorite islands again.

First sunset on the open water

BACK TO CURACAO

The first Caribbean sunset we watched through the plane window promised us sunny days ahead. We needed them for work. Dry boatyard is also giving us an advantage of not bringing mud on the boat with our sandals. It is hot. The first two days we drink a lot of water without using boatyard facilities, then our bodies adjust and besides work our exercise is climbing up and down the steep ladder to use the powder room. Once or twice a day a cloud floats by in a light breeze, that dies down in a total calm. Mosquitoes enjoy. November is a quiet month, if we left Curacao now, we would be motoring. Sailing starts in December.

An animal shelter nearby is our vocal entertainment. After a short solo, the rest of the dogs join in, competing with workers' radios playing wrap music.

We can rest our ears by going into the grocery store in a complimentary mini bus, that comes to the marina every morning except on Sunday, and brings us back in an hour and a half. Otherwise, how would Polde survive without the beer in this heat?