November 25 Subject: Log. 11/22, Log 11/25 Date: Thu, 25 Nov 1999 11:51:13 -0800 From: Log. 11/22 We waited in George Town for the hurricane to move farther away, a High Pressure that brought high winds and a part for the water maker. Ken and Chris couldn't wait that long so they left Wed. Nov 17 for the Dominican Republic and their Condo. Chris has to be back to work by Dec 1. Rudy and I went for a dinghy ride to a small island to climb a hill. The view was magnificent!! On our way back we saw a dolphin swimming in a small inlet. As we approached him, he swam toward us and came right next to the dinghy. I put my hand in the water and he came close enough for me to touch him. He swam and dove next to us and then swam away. We saw him later swimming out of the inlet into the ocean again. On Thursday Nov 18, Rudy got the part for the water maker and had to take the whole thing apart. He replaced all the O rings. He fixed it..I knew he could...MY HERO!!!!!! He is so handy!!! Thank goodness!!!!! I know now what they mean by the definition of Cruising...."Repairing your boat in exotic places". Good thing Rudy is so handy! We may run out of exotic places however. We left George Town on Sunday and stayed at an anchorage off Long Island. It was the most rolling anchorage we stayed at so far. Neither of us got much sleep. Today we are in Rum Cay and tomorrow we are headed for Mayaguana. We want to wish everyone a Happy Thanksgiving and eat some turkey for us. Rudy and I will probably be sailing thru the night and only will be able to dream of turkey and stuffing. Log 11/25 We passed Mayaguana at 3am and decided to keep on going to Luperon. So instead of 24 hours of sailing , we had 48 hours....and we sailed. We had all three sails up until about 50 miles outside of Luperon. When we anchored, Rudy found a flying fish on the deck. The poor thing! The country is beautiful and the people are very friendly.