Since getting back to Utila last weekend, the weather has taken a real turn for the worse. A coldfront that passed through here on Sunday, seriously messed up the weather and brought some seriously cool temps into the region that most people here are just plain not used to. The weather has been bleak and dreary since then to boot. We had some serious winds blowing on sunday, both day and night, which had me seriously watching the anchor. Luckily, it stayed pretty well set, and Andiamo has gone nowhere. This is a refreshing change after what I went through in Roatan about a week and a half ago.
Right now, the winds are coming in from the southwest which means there are some serious swells heading into the bay. This makes for a very rolly and uncomfortable anchorage. Hope that this clears up soon, because it gets old rolling around all the time when you’re trying to sleep. It’s still cool and just plain ugly outside. It makes for a pretty serene and dreary setting on the usually sunny disposition that I’ve come to know on Utila. Really hope it clears up soon.
In other news, I have a new laptop to add to the Andiamo arsenal to replace the two that were stolen a couple of weeks back. It’s a slick new HP Widescreen baby with all kinds of cool stuff that my last one didn’t have. So I’ve been “oohing and aaahing” alot lately getting to know it. I’m actually in the process of setting it up for the boat right now as I write. I’ve had to install a bunch of software for my usual uses as well for navigation, which is its main purpose. Mitzy, my Guatemala City connection, was nice enough to find me a good deal and bring it over with her on her last visit to Utila over the weekend. She was on a trip for her magazine job. So a big thanks to Mitzy for helping me get computerized again. Muchas gracias!
In other, other news, I’m also updating photos today while I have the chance, so there should be some new stuff in the photo gallery shortly.
Didn’t get to do that charter last Friday, although the weather was great on Friday, I was not able to get out of La Ceiba soon enough to get to Roatan on time. So instead I sailed back to Utila on what was an outstanding sunset sail with a beautiful full moon arrival into Utila harbor. I’m really starting to get the hang of anchoring single-handed, so that’s a good thing.
And my Danish pal Sjelle is still trying to get out of Rio Dulce with her boat. She’s had some serious calamities to deal with, ranging from incorrectly made parts to broken windows and it’s really getting frustrating for her. I really feel for her because I went through alot of what she’s going through now. Hopefully she’ll have the reamaining bugs worked out soon, and she’ll be sailing out of Rio Dulce within the week. I’m supposed to sail over to Puerto Escondido on the Honduras coast, and meet up with her. Rob and Gabby from “Siqqituq” have signed on for the trip, so it should be a fun little flotilla there and back.
Hoping the weather gets better tomorrow because I was looking into making a run out to Brick Bay in Roatan tomorrow and staying there til Friday. Anie, my Quebecois friend here on the island and some friends of hers were planning to come along. But if the weather stays like this, I may need to put it off.
Hope it clears up soon.