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To: abuelita who wrote (26865)	6/13/2003 5:40:26 PM
From: elpolvo	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 104157

zita- were you anxious to get to a specific destination? we decided to go as far south as we could in one long sail and then work our way back island by island. the guys really wanted to SAIL without having to go slow with spotters on the bow looking for coral heads that we'd have to dodge. there's a channel close to the mainland that averages 40-60 feet deep, so we got in that and sailed south all day. it was a little rough in there and it wore the women out. we thought we might make it as far south as placencia but we ended up heading back out to the reef and tobacco cay in the early afternoon because the girlz were tired of the bimps. did you stop to snorkel along the way? no. we snorkeled all the way back over the next five daze. did you miss the heeling (even though it spills beer)? no. heeling is not fun when it makes women mad at you. would you prefer to own a cat over a monohull? no. but it sure was fun to rent for this group trip. it's more like a houseboat with sails. what was the absolutely best memory of your trip - and the worst? issat a trick question? <g> i'll get to that stuff when i have more time to write. does the wind die down at night? sometimes it does, sometimes it doesn't. but we anchored on the lee side of islands and were quite protected from the winds. every night there would be lightning and thunder to the south of us - marching north - but it never rained on us more than a five minute night sprinkle a couple of nights. i wrote some verse that i'll use when i start writing up the serious log - the air, land, sea, creatures and people of belize really do speak volumes to one's elf if the elf listens to them. this sort of describes what was going through my being every night before i went to sleep... distant thunder to the right mi querida's stomach growling all is poised upon the night there is a dark monkey howling marching lightning from the south taste the salt upon my mouth buenos noche mi tierra y el mar y la sierra -bly