Sailing with our new crew Part Two

It was so nice to have our mates on the boat and they were loving it too. We chilled in the beautiful San Blas islands for a few days where we went snorkelling swimming , had bbqs and drank loads of clos ( Clos for those who dont know is the best wine we have found yet. Its only 2 dollars and 15 cent a litre and its good tasting. We stocked up on a load in the city as the wine in Cartagena is pretty pricy.

One tree island: As you can see , we are very imaginitive with the names,



The boys spent a whole afternoon snorkelling with their spear guns and nets trying to be hunters and catch some fresh fish for the ladies,unfortunatly they took lots of wine with them in the dingy and came back with nothing apart from red clown lips, tipsey and no fish.



This resulted in buying a freshly caught King Crab from the Kuna Indians for only 5 bucks.





We then sailed the 200 miles back to Cartagena, Columbia. The trip was going really well and debs and Al both got their sea legs..Alex even cooking lunch for us on the way which was wicked, cos even now after all these miles i still can feel quesy down below if its rough!!I decided to have the first watch and go down below. Come 2 ish in the morning i come up to relieve Sym so he can get to sleep and a big squall comes in. 50 knots winds with thunder and lightening that went on for over an hour. It was quite scary to say the least, so Captain Frank took the helm and Me and Alex tried to stay dry under the cockpit. Debs popped her head up now and again worrying that we had hot a rock and were going to sink ( it was the thunder which was so close i shit myself). She told me later she kept thinking not to worry we would all be laughing about it when it was over. Lol. I can imagine though, it was bad enough for me yet alone some one who has never been on a boat before.



Anyhow it only lasted an hour or so and the rest of the trip was fine. These bloody squalls at this time of year are quite hairy to say the least, but we arrive that day safe and sound in the crowded anchoarge of Cartagena.