The winds of death finally abated and we are once again free to leave the big boat. To celebrate, I took Amy into the yacht club for a couple of drinks and some onion rings. While we were in town we ran into several sets of old friends who have recently arrived; Pam and Ollie from Dejarlo, Art and Jeanne from Winterlude and Gille and Nancy from Imagine. I guess the cruising season is officially underway.

There hasn’t been a whole lot else going on. Amy is uber busy writing political propaganda for the current lunatic fringe Republican presidential hopefuls and I am keeping busy working through my boat repair project list.

I’ve been hoping to get out and do some diving, but even with the reduced winds, we are still seeing 10 to 12 foot swells outside the harbour. At this rate it’s gonna take a week to settle down, so I guess fish is off the menu.

In other news, I am pleased to report that for the first time in the history of the Bahamas, yesterday I actually had a good experience renewing my cruising permit for Dream Catcher. A non-Bahamian flagged vessel such as ours, is required to purchase a yearly cruising permit for $300. You can renew this permit twice which allows the vessel to stay in Bahamian waters for up to three years. Usually anything involving the government here is a colossal screw up, but for whatever reason I breezed in and out with my new permit in hand in only fifteen minutes. Go figure.

More to follow, end of line….