January 29, 2008.

The winds were from the northeast at about 5 knots and due to turn southeast a little later in the day.

We raised the anchor and as soon as it was cleaned and stowed we threw up some sail, killed the engine and headed south for Black Point.

So I found myself with the woman I love, on a great boat that’s taken care of us, on a pleasant 10 mile sail south. We were underway before 0930 and due to drop the hook before noon. It was an absolute glorious day, it started as a run, turned to a broad reach and finished as a close reach, it was a perfect day.

As we left the anchorage we ghosted along at 3 knots in the 5 knots of breeze. We had to gibe once to make our course and the wind slowly built until we finished the day at just over 6 knots. We dropped sail and started the engine to motor the half mile into the anchorage.

The anchorage here is perfect and the best view is from the Laundromat. It’s actually the nicest Laundromat we’ve seen since we left New Jersey. 10 washers and 10 dryers in view of one of the prettiest anchorages we’ve seen. Clean, can’t begin to describe the way this establishment is kept.
In a country where “good enough” is good enough this place is exemplary. They have their own dinghy dock so you can dinghy your laundry right up to the place. But that’s for tomorrow……….

We also had the best pizza since we left the states. We dinghied in and walked the settlement. We walked a bit and then stopped in to Lorraine’s to pick up the bread we had ordered on the VHF. After that it was over to Scorpio’s for happy hour. When they look out the window and see enough boats they announce a happy hour on the VHF. Half price drinks are hard to come by so it was nice of them to hold this happy hour in celebration of our arrival. The place was dead when we walked in with a crowd behind us and there were still 7 or 8 cruising couples there when we left.

From there it was on to Deshamon’s for dinner. For the last 30 miles we’ve been listening to cruisers extolling the virtues of the pizza at Deshamon’s. The pie was 21 dollars so we decided to split it with another couple. Good thing we did. It turns out that not only was the pizza great it was also thick and loaded with toppings. I really can’t remember the last time I’ve had pizza that was that good. Definitely not Degiorno.

So things here are great, we’ll do laundry tomorrow and head south the day after that. The forecast is for a week of beautiful weather so everything is just right.