I am thoroughly ashamed of the blog this year. If anyone out there is reading it(and I have serious doubts about that possibility) he or she has probaly given up by now.
But I will try to write a little more now as we are finishing up our time here on Caye Caulker and about to move on to Glovers Reef and some travels in Guatemala.
Les has done a lot of work on the sailboat and we came close to being able to sail it. But when we rolled out the sails we discovered that we had two jib sails and no main sail. For those of you who have some knowledge of sailing, you will immediately recognise that we need one of each, not two of one and none of the other. That was kind of the last straw as our time is drawing to a close and we needed to make storage arrangements.

Fortunately, there is a marina out close to the airstrip and my property that has a big crane to haul the boat out of the water. Lester built a cradle to set it in and so that's where it now is. He cleaned the bottom of the boat and will paint it before it goes back in the water when we come back in December. Unless, of course, there is a hurricane that takes it off to sea or into the mangroves somewhere on the mainland before we come back. Cross your fingers!!

We had to have it hauled out with a crane because it has a fixed keel. The keel is the thing that hangs down below the boat and keeps it from turning over. The keel is my favorite part of the boat!

I hope you are impressed by my increasing knowledge of boats. I am learning all kinds of new terms and will probably become an old salt. Well, I'm not sure about a salt but the "old" part is certain.

So with the boat taken care of we are turning our attentions to the kayaking and our gardening project out on the property. So far we have a number of cocnuts started and a small banana grove as well as a flower bewd. Also we are going to the mainland to see the end of the annual canoe race (the Ruta Maya) and to attend the horse races (I didn't know they had horse races. Should be interesting)
On March 17 we leave for Hopkins village, then on to a week on Glover's Reef before spending some weeks in Guatemala. Home on April 14. See you all soon. Take care and love!