November 28, 2003 -- Cayo de Agua to Grand Roque

Today was the day that we needed to move the boat to Grand Roque to meet Gary and Josefina tomorrow. The day started early with some strong squalls, followed by unrelenting strong winds over 25 knots! The wind had been blowing lightly until the squall! Oh well, we had been putting off moving, and now we would pay for it. We debated putting the tender up on deck, since we had heard that it can be rolly in Grand Roque. Finally, we opted to tow it. It was a twenty mile trip, and mainly in protected waters so we were relatively comfortable with this. We headed out, and the waves were a little worse than we expected, but we plowed along and the tender rode very well. However, we decided that the conditions were not comfortable for us towing the tender. We ducked into the anchorage at Saraqui where we put the tender on deck, had some lunch, and finally set off again for Grand Roque. The rest of the trip was uneventful, and even verged on being pleasant, considering the strong winds. We arrived in Grand Roque around 4:00 pm AST, and after getting settled and the boat cleaned up, we put the tender in the water. We debated whether to go into town or not and finally opted to stay aboard the boat since Gary and Josefina were bringing us a fresh veggie care package. We settled in and spent a quiet evening enjoying the view of lights of a small town for the first time in almost a month.