After using the engine (fixed and maintained by Bobo + Fiete) despite praising all weather and wind gods last night, entering the cayo waterways at 0600 LT thru Canal Breton Grande and heading SW,we are now mooring on the east side of Cayo Largo on 4 meter water, swimming and snorkeling and relaxing from the night watches.
No further travel plan yet.
28-04-2011 1230 LT 20-54.9N 078-50.6W COG 160 deg 4.8kts No Wind
On the way to Santigo de Cuba. This morning at 900Lt we lifted the anchor starting our next day without any wind after a refreshing bath in the crystal clear waters. Last evening we celebrated a dinner with some drinks after to honor the wedding of Eliza + Lulu last Eastern Sunday. We cheered the whole night while the moskitos from the near Cayo Grande attacted us constantly. Finaly we had to end our wedding party and had to retreat into the moskito bunker. We did our most possible to praise for a glorious future of Luisa + Lulu. At 1000LT Toddel (new facebook name: Barracuda killer) caught a barracuda about 90cm length and 7kg weight. The fish is now cooking and prepaired for dinner. We will do a stopover for some hours at Cayo Cucarach0 and also waiting for wind. At 1430LT we dropped the anchor at the Cayo 20-51.86N 078-43.07W 3meters water under the keel for swimming and snorkeling. A small Cayo with a 120m diameter and palm trees. We send a expedition of 8 crew member to conquer this Island. One hour later a cuban fishtralwer dropped the anchor 100m on our portside. Crissy and Rainer were ordered to welcome the cubans in our spot. They were invited to enter the boat and had to eat some lobster food and some rum. The fisherman insisted to make about twenty lobster and some 6 kg of shrimps as a gift and as sign of their friendship with all marineros of this world, We were very pleased about and responded with some beer, a bottle of rum and some trousers. After having eaten some of this fresh oceanfood. a bath in our pool and a special creation of sundowner, we lifted the anchor at 2000LT for heading East in the Bahia San Maria om the way to Santigo de Cuba. Unfortunately we have westerly winds only 0-1Bft,we have to use the engine.