Ray and the crew are now in Puerto Rico
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Spoke to Ray today and he informed me that the weather in the Caribbean is turning nasty and setting in for a few days which has thwarted their plans to head for Columbia. They've checked out of the US Virgins anyway so they may head to Puerto Rico. The dilemma is that a lot of the other boats are already in Panama and about to transit through the canal and Ray had hoped to be going through at the same time. He needs to haul the boat for antifouling and may do that in Puerto Rico instead now. Basically, he's undecided. The crew are champing at the bit to get going but Ray's gut instinct on the weather, which has proven correct in the past, is setting of warning signals for him. I guess it's ultimately the skippers decision and he won't be wanting the shake-down cruise with the new crew to be a nightmare voyage.
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19 March 2010, Alexandra Hills, Redlands, Queensland
Nice to be back at Fran's house at Alex Hills. All round we had a great trip home from Norway,albeit long, only narrowly escaping paying huge fees for excess luggage with our four suitcases thanks to the delightful and compassionate Norwegian woman who checked us in in Oslo. I think she was more traumatised than us about the excess luggage fee...would have been 700 euros...a change that apparently won't be implemented til 1 April. Phew! Our seven hour wait in Frankfurt was longish but not too bad because we had to change terminals. We found ourselves a spot in the food court and watched a movie and once the Qantas check-in counter opened, we were off to a restaurant for a meal. The flight was twelve hours to Singapore, the longest leg, but it was great to be back on board Qantas...they really look after you. We had about 3 hours to kill in Singapore so found a lounge where we could have a shower and freshened up. The final leg was Qantas again and the seven hour leg went by much quicker touching down this morning early. So tired though. I had to have a few hours sleep and feel like a bit of a Zombie now. Gotta stay awake til a reasonable hour I think.
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