Lunch at Il Pasticcio

Lunch in the city of Santiago at a funky Italian restaurant

Time to go Again

We're off today hoping to reach Tortolla, BVI by February 7th!  We will likely not have internet along the way.
Yesterday we had a wonderful day exploring Dominican Republic.  Post and pics will come later.
Till then - hope you are all enjoying your February.  Remember, it's the shortest month of the year so make the most of every day!

Repairs are done - just waiting on the weather!

The Genoa laid out on the dock to get cleaned.  Liz and Eric are holding it down.

Folding the Genoa getting ready to put it back on the mast.  A little help from our neighbours on Kismet.

Eric and Jens raising the Genoa in the early morning when the wind is low.

Ok - I know there are a lot of questions as to "why did those ropes break"!!!  Jens believes the halyard was chaffing on the roller at the top of the mast.  There are three spare rollers, so when he remounted the halyard, he used one of the spares.  And why did the reefing line break?  More chaffing - this time it was chaffing against a block.  He has also adjusted that and we should be good to go.  He'll keep an eye on them both over the next little while.

We spent half a day scouring Puerto Plata yesterday looking for new rope.  We found some but it was a bit thinner than the old rope.  It will do for now but we'll replace it as soon as we get to BVI. And we'll buy some extra in case we run into further problems.

Oh yes, one more small problem.  The membrane on the water pressure has given up so we get a lot of air into the pipes which makes for a bit of an experience when washing hands ---  the water literally spurts out at you.  We can live with this one till we get to BVI as we doubt we'll find replacement parts here.  We hope the marine stores will be better equipped in Tortolla.