The glamorous side of being a cruiser. Greasy engine work is one thing, but rebuilding a thirty year old toilet is another thing entirely. This thing works great, but when one spring finally corroded and broke, it meant taking it all apart to replace it. And once you’re in there … Read More
Around St. Croix
Back in Frederiksted for a couple days. This little town has grown on us. All it’s really missing is Mexican take-away. We can’t have everything, though. We’re suddenly vastly outnumbered by the cats. The kids are constantly inventing new water games. Somehow they always seem to include me. In this … Read More
Turtle’s Pace
Still completely unsure of what our plans are for the coming months, we’re happy to have been able to settle for a bit in St. Croix. We left Christiansted planning to spend the day an hour away in Cane Bay doing a couple of dives. When we got there the … Read More
Water-bound
Looking at pictures from the last couple of weeks it really hits me how little time we spend ashore these days. St. Croix on land would be a lot more fun without COVID, but with the way things are right now we pretty much stick to groceries, laundry, and take-out … Read More
Various Riff Raff
Christiansted isn’t a bad little town. It’s about a fifteen minute walk from the waterfront to a decent grocery store, laundromat, marine store, and big hardware store. There are also some pretty good restaurants. We’ve been grabbing take-out and having picnics on the grass in front of the fort—a scenic, … Read More
Christiansted
After nearly a month over in Frederiksted we raised the anchor to move a couple hours around to the north side of St. Croix and visit Christiansted. We tend to shy away from crowds. Pilot boats have their work cut out for them here. We don’t often get to anchor … Read More
