THE SILKYNESS OF CORAL ...............

Some of us are luckier than others ...... Not that we are jealous of the double rainbow falling on the yacht "GOOD TIMING", for it couldn't fall on two nicer people ...... And good timing too, just when Gabriel and Wanda are trying to sell their house and move on board full time ....... you have to be really special to have multi-coloured light falling on your solar panels like that .....



And another classic yacht " VIRGINIA" spends a night in our anchorage ......Beautifully built in wood ......... Our very own 'beautifully-built- in-wood' yacht "ARITA" receives more that 300 hits on the website a week but no-one has put forth a serious offer ..... We've had offers of course but none would be considered serious ...... " I'm a casual laborer and I earn good money ... Could I get the yacht and pay it off over six years?" .... We did however hear from a guy in Pennsylvania who seemed genuine and we invited him to come and look at her ........ Nice yachts are always 'females' ..... Obviously there are no yachts that are not nice ......



This is "ARITA" during our last four years of cruising .................



Friends from Florida continue to arrive ....... Here's John and Maryanne who have a very nice 'AMEL' and are ready to go cruising as soon as the loose ends are tied up ..... As you can see it doesn't take Maryanne long to get 'local' .... Of course we take them to our favorite sites ......



The view from the climb to that historic lighthouse on CULEBRITA is spectacular in color ...... Reefs all around and a good reason for a lighthouse .....



And of course the view from the top of the lighthouse is even more spectacular .......



This partially submerged reef has caught many a yacht ..... Mostly at night of course while sailing into CULEBRA .....



And of course we took John and Maryanne to the 'Jacuzzi' which this time was a lot wilder with big breaking seas and the main rock pool simply not doable ...... But the side pool is just the ticket .....



No rest whatsoever for the wicked ......Send them off paddling our kayak ...... 'To go smell the flowers' ...




Smelling the 'Turk's Head' cactus is not recommended ..... And then on to the little island of 'Luis Pena' to do some snorkelling and swimming .....



And just like that, a perfect mermaid drops her scaly fins and walks ashore with both legs ......



On closer inspection that mermaid turns out to be the "Queen of Florida and the Bahamas" ...... No disappointment there whatsoever ..... John and Maryanne are underwater with the camera capturing wonderful corals and shells .....





Just look at the live coral on the left ...... Silky velvet coral .......... So very beautiful to see and, to see it alive .....



And so after four days John and Maryanne flew back to Florida, excited and keen to get their yacht "PURA VIDA" ready to go to set sail and see more of what this beautiful cruising life has to offer .....