It was a rough trip. Everything on the boat that was not tightly secured went flying. At times, the boat was listing over at a 60 degree angle. If you weren’t sitting on the low side of the boat, you were thrown out of your seat. This lasted the entire night long. It was, as the captain said, like being in a washing machine. Holy cow. And man was it noisy! It sounded like World War III down below.
Luckily we took some Bonine before we left, so we didn’t get seasick. Though, the second captain we brought along sure did. Poor guy was so sick, he spent most of the night curled up on the floor of our cabin in a fetal position. Unfortunately, he barfed all over the boat and made quite a mess!! Though he did his best to clean everything up the next morning after we arrived. We took turns steering and sleeping (though Neil slept MOST of the night), but Captain Marty spent the entire night awake and in the cockpit. Good thing for us, he got us here safely.
The cats survived, though Archie looked pathetic when he first came out after we stopped. Poor thing was moving very tentatively, and was shaking. Piggy was probably worse. But, all is good now and the cats are happy once again and roaming around, they especially like being in the cockpit where they can watch everything.
The day of our arrival was spent checking into the Marina and clearing customs. We finished everything around two pm, including getting a bite to eat. We were so tired, we just went straight to bed.
The next day, May 20, we spent cleaning things up. We had a lot to do, mostly washing everything and putting things away.
We got out both of our bikes and have been using them to get back and forth from the marina office and the showers/washrooms. They are quite far from the boat, so it saves a lot of time.
We still have lots to do. Today, we’re going to work on putting up the netting so we can let the cats roam around some more. We also have a water filter to install, which we may do today.
There is free shuttle service to and from town and we’re thinking of giving that a try, maybe tomorrow.
Its quite beautiful here. Once we settle down, we’ll get some video up.
I'm glad to hear that you are all safe and sound. I find it so funny that the 2nd captian would be sea sick. You would think that he would be use to the water by now. It's awesome that you didn't have any border crossing issues to deal with this time. So what happened to your car...? Can't wait to see some videos.
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