Thursday, December 16, 2010

We're in Santa Marta, Colombia

Bob and Ed catching Tuna

Well we made it this far, despite all odds against us.  We have had absolutely no wind, and had to motor sail, the passage was as rolly as could be, I felt sick every time I stood up.  Daisy rolled from side to side tipping the toe rail into the water, it was ugly.
We have dropped anchor in the bay at Santa Marta after a 22 hour passage so we can grab a few hours sleep, and a cooked meal, then we plan to leave at 2am to make the crossing of the Magdelina river in daylight, hopefully enabling us to see and avoid all the debris that's floating around following the heavy rainfall Colombia has had.
We have passed whole trees floating, if we had hit one of those we really would have been in trouble.

I managed to grab an Internet signal here in the bay, but it's not strong, so I will write more tomorrow, we hope to arrive in Cartagena around lunchtime, God willing.

 Niki, Scoop and Danni arrived safely in Cartagena yesterday and are enjoying themselves in the city.

I'm praying for a little wind and a smoother crossing.

Until sometime soon, bye for now :-)

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