Breves du jour

Nous sommes en train d'essayer de trouver une solution pour reparer la coque abimee de Merlin. Le devis s'eleve a une grosse somme et il nous faudra etre a sec au moins 10 jours. Cela veut dire : pas d'utilisation d'eau (et des toilettes!), super chaud et beaucoup de poussiere. On en est deja tout rejouis!

Une mauvaise depression arrive vers les Antilles. Nous la suivons de tres pret et il se peut que nous levions l'ancre demain matin pour aller vers Trinidade. A suivre...

Pas de photo du jour mais des pensee pour tous nos lecteurs!

What a day!

Greg went for his 4th visit to a dentist in the last three weeks. His root canal treatment is finished but there are still few more steps to go and lots more EC$ to go with (why medical insurances don't pay back dentistry?)

And of course while he was away, something big/bad/bang happened. A monohull which was leaving its anchorage crashed into Merlin. We were inside with the kids and heard a huge noise. The boat arrived nearly perpendicularly to us and damaged quite deeply the fibreglass of the starboard hull and bent one stanchion. This means quotes/insurance/haul out and lots of other hassles.

The afternoon went smoother. I did a presentation on jellyfish at the local marina. About 60 cruisers were there to learn more about these beautiful creatures. The evening ended even better with hamburgers for all.

Time now to go and sleep and hope we won't have any more trouble in paradise.

Work in paradise

Today was work day! yes, yes, it can happen even on board Merlin... We took a lovely couple sailing along the Grenadian coasts. They waned to see the island from the sea. The weather was beautiful and the sea was a bit choppy. Our guests were a highly inspirationnal couple (we hope we can have the same energy when we are their age). We all had a good time.

Le Cned nouveau est arrive

Felix a recu ses nouveaux livres du Cned pour son annee de CE1. Il est tout content. Victor attend les siens. Puis ce sera la rentree pour tous a bord!

Felix part toucher le ciel...

Quand je me balance, j'ai un peu peur lorsque je vais au dessus de l'eau et qu'il y a beaucoup de vent. Donc, je ne veux pas trop aller au dessus de l'eau. Je touche aussi le genois.

(photo Victor Hall)