Tonight we are in bug /mosquito paradise…. Still in the harbor at Rum, tonight just before dark the wind stopped……
Luckily I bought a 5 gallon can of gas today for the generator ($8.00/gallon) but that just means we will spend $8 bucks tonight being bug free and dry. That’s cheap, but the problem is finding gas here in the out islands. $40 dollars for a 5 gallon can of gas…… OK, I admit it…. Being in America has certain advantages.
In the remote out islands weather plays a much bigger part in your travel plans. Every move from island to island is an open ocean voyage. That means the possibility of big swells even on a good day. If there was a storm 1000 miles from here……. The big waves eventually show up. A tsunami is a radical example of open ocean waves…. But you get the idea. In the Exumas you can sail almost any day in the lee protection of 300 islands strung tightly together.
It may be wise to not do all the out islands in a row…… Just hop out to them from the Exumas several times in settled weather. We have enjoyed the dead calm of this little harbor…it was good for us after a couple big wave crossings in a row.
Well I’m about to step outside and see if the mosquitoes have gone to sleep yet. They are most prevalent at dusk….. Hopefully they have gone away. I’d like to open the boat up tonight…… But I’m about to find out if that’s possible.
Shoot! no bugs and a bit of a breeze. Not much reason to run the AC now. I thought I’d find it buggy and make the decision easy. We have trapped more bugs inside than I saw outside. We are turning off the AC and giving Mother Nature a try. If it gets too still I’ll get up and get the AC going again.
Goodnight all. Rusty