Underway to Trinidad

CRUISING IS……..

Sitting on deck looking up into the sky

As a flock of flamingos is flying by

Then our eyes wonder over the sea

Where hundreds of dolphins we now see

So don't ask the question "WHY"

We like to be out on the big blue sea

 

Manuela Olshefski 01/01/2009

 

It's kind of funny, every time we arrive in El Oculto just after we anchor we get showered with rain, this time was no difference. It rained hard for at least 3 hours and the air was pleasantly cool. By sunset the clouds were empty and the bright stars started to shine. It was so quite you could hear a pin drop. We both slept so good, they could have taken the boat away from under us and planted us on the beach we would have never woken up. Heavy wind was predicted for the second of January but nothing happened, it staid calm and in the afternoon some clouds opened up again and drizzled us with rain. This anchorage is so peaceful and we enjoy even more so being the only boat here. For the first time ever here we had a flock of scarlet ibis fly over us. In the afternoon on the 4^th Jennifer and Michael on Heart Jump arrived, the wind now was gusting again and it looks like we'll be here for a few days before we can head to Isla Coche and Margarita until the next break in weather.

 

01/6/09

For some reason we could not send any emails out and it seemed other cruisers had no luck either. Hope it will work later on. We pulled anchor this morning early at four for the 35 mile run to Isla Coche. The wind was blowing already and it was a bit rough coming out of the bay. The 35 mile run turned into 47 miles as we had to tack back and fourth as the swells were 4 by 4's and close together and of course our track was right into them which the bigger swells would bring us to a stop, so it was tacking back and fourth. We're anchored in sheltered Isla Coche and are very tired, so I'm closing this and I wlll go on deck and sip on a rum with club soda (no diet coke/pepsi available in Venezuela either.

 

01/07/09

Our weather window has moved up and we left Coche in a hurry this morning for Isla  Margarita to get fuel and check out. It's been  hectic day, it's 9 pm already, Sid is filling up fuel while I prep dinner, then it's to bed for a couple of hours. We're leaving at midnight for Trinidad which is anywhere from 30 to 36 hours, so I will fill you in when we get there. It's going to be a rough trip but it's just going to get worse from Friday on and then who knows when we'll get a chance again. So keep your fingers crossed for a good crossing.

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