11.28.2021 Updated Travel Plan

Today was a great day to relax, recharge, and catch-up after being "off the grid" for a week. We took a trip into town for grocery and supply shopping, did laundry for the first time (which was possible being back on shore power), and did some indoor locker reorganization.

After our sailing with Captain Andy, we started to revise our travel plan. Originally, we were going to sail from Grenada to St. Thomas in the U.S. Virgin Islands (USVI) the following week (3-4 day sail), then sail back to Florida around Christmas (8-10 day sail). Instead, we're going to stay in Grenada until mid-December, then head to St. Thomas and stay there until spring 2022. This is because-

1) I messed up my vacation time (oops!) - I only took a week off, Mike took two weeks off

2) I need to be in a U.S.-based airport for work-related travel - this is especially important due to COVID right now

3) I want to spend more time sailing just us

4) I told Mike I wanted to see how our passage to USVI goes before committing to to Florida passage.

We're fortunate to be able to work remotely and have flexibility in our travel and lifestyle plans. A big part of #boatlife is being flexible - we can't definitively say we're leaving for USVI on let's say 12/19, because it will depend on wind, current, and weather. What we can say is we're going to start looking for a weather window (ideal time to sail) on 12/17 and go from there.

Although we're going to be in Grenada for a bit longer than originally planned, we don't plan to stay in the marina (we hope to be out by the following weekend). We plan to move to either a mooring ball or anchor in the surrounding areas we sailed with Captain Andy :) However, in order to leave the marina, there are a few more maintenance projects to resolve-

• Follow-up on getting our generator fixed

• File our Captain sign-off paperwork with our insurance so we transition from provisionally insured to fully insured

• Get our fire extinguishers recertified (similar safety process to our life raft