On Monday, May 24th we woke up in a calm harbor off Culebra that called for a banana pancake breakfast. Afterwards, Andrew & I demonstrated the dinghy launch routine for Christine, which is no small feat that includes flipping the dinghy over on deck, pumping it up, hoisting it over the life lines to drop it in the water and lower on the 114 lb. motor... worthy of a big breakfast!
We rode to shore, did a walk about town, took some silly tourist photos, scoped out a restaurant for dinner and planned some critical re-provisioning of rum & ice. The town was nearly deserted and most restaurants closed but we found Mamacita’s on the canal open for business.
The lone open grocery was on high alert for COVID with a line outside the tiny shop and a strict shop keeper taking in one person at a time. There was a hand washing station outside and 6 foot markers inside throughout the entire store where the proprietor was policing your mask wearing and distance from other shoppers, as well as running the register and letting each new person in after he checked one out. Apparently, Culebra has a good record of low cases and this business man is probably personally responsible for it!
At Mamacita’s that evening, Christine experienced her first Mofongo (a plantain and yuca mash in the shape of a bowl stuffed with garlic shrimp or chicken & steak) while Andrew and I enjoyed the fresh grouper. For entertainment, a group of ladies in thong bikinis paddled by on their stand up paddle (SUP) boards with blue under lighting.
On Tuesday, we motored out of the bay to a reef in hopes of some snorkeling and getting out our SUP. Unfortunately, there wasn’t much to see and it wasn’t as protected as we had hoped so we had lunch and went back to the original anchorage. After some naps and a swim, that evening, under a cloudy sky with the full moon, we showed Chris how to make Chicken Coconut Curry with tumeric. More to come on that...
On Wednesday, woke up with yellow nails! She was helping me chop the tumeric and there was yellow all over everything she touched including the grater and the dish towel she used to clean up. Since our plan for the day was to sail back to Fajardo, we hoisted the main and with the wind directly behind us, put the preventer on for a long, hot and slow motor sail. We noticed that Chris’ nails were clearing up in the sun so in an attempt to entertain ourselves, we experimented with the other yellow items. By the end of the day, we had a new discovery: Tumeric can be removed from fingernails, the plastic part of a grater (but not so much the metal part) and dish towels by setting them out in the sun!
Before treatment:
P.S. The bruise on Christine’s leg is complements of Billy Ruffn’s steering wheel mount. Look out for that if you ever come sailing with us!
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