Dawn on Friday, December 19, 2025
In the morning, Eric changed the impeller and oil on the generator while Christi and Keith did school. In the late afternoon, Eric and Christi went to the beach near to the entrance to the mangrove river. Keith stayed onboard so he could play online games with his friends.
Dawn on Monday December 15, 2025
The anchorage was a bit on the uncomfortable side this morning. The motion may be better described as jerky mores than rolly. Eric watched the supply ship come in and dock. He couldn’t believe how shallow the ship must have been in order to get into that dock. A man on the dock grabbed one of the lines to tie up the boat, but tripped and fell into the water! With the man in the water, the ship abandoned docking until the guy swam to the ladder and was confirmed to be safely out of the water.
Dawn on Sunday, December 14, 2025
This morning it was windy, then both windy and rainy, then the wind died and there was light rain for a few hours. Once the wind died, it was hot and humid. Eric cleaned the bottom.
The wind was forecast to shift direction, so he made sure that the anchor was well set, which was easy to do in such amazingly clear water.
Continue readingOn Saturday, December 13, the sunrise was again blocked, but some of the clouds turned pretty colors.
After morning chores, we went to shore to get lunch. The public dinghy dock. There were three ladders. It looked like it had been really well built, but it was starting to show wear. One of the ladders wasn’t secured properly, another was missing a part of the hand rail, making it a little challenging to get onto the dock. The third ladder was in good shape, though!
Dawn on Friday, December 12
And the sunrise.
This morning, the wind shifted back to the prevailing winds from the east. This meant we could finally go back to Thunderball Grotto. Coincidentally, this week Keith studied limestone rock and its erosion patterns in science. Thunderball Grotto was the perfect place to see the effects of erosion!
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