The Little Cayman Beach Resort is kind enough to let us use their dock and hang out on their beach while we watch the winds whip us around. Their dive boats are sitting out on the moorings unused, and the tourists who no doubt spent a fortune to get here for a week of diving, are relegated to hanging out at the pool bar all day. This weather has not been good for anybody but the bartender.

Our nice blue bay is not used to this. Usually winds around here are a nice steady ten knots with very little swell. With winds blowing 20-plus for days on end nobody seems sure what to do with themselves. Boats can’t get out through the reef, the beach is no good for swimming, and with a total population of 150 on the island, there aren’t any other diversions.

Main Street. In the States we post crosses where people have died in traffic accidents. In Little Cayman they place red posts where Rock Iguanas have been run over. You have to admire the slow pace of the island. A far cry from Grand Cayman.

Just doing our part for the environment. Some of the proceeds from White Tip go to the Guy Harvey Ocean Foundation to help protect the White Tip sharks. Feels good knowing that we’re really making a difference.

In pictures it never looks that bad, but right now the boat is rocking like we are on passage out at sea, and swimming is impossible because of the strong current the winds have created through here. Not to mention the water is so kicked up that you can’t see anything anyway. For our family, not spending our days in the water, is a serious hardship.

On our last passage we choked down some truly disgusting store bought blueberry muffins, and then we all told Ali we would be okay with never eating another one of those ever again. Being the awesome mama that she is, she then turned right around and whipped up her own, which we could eat all day every day.

Boats can be such a pain. We heard the water pump cycling on pretty regularly so we knew there was a leak in the plumbing somewhere. Finding those leaks is always the hard part. I couldn’t find it anywhere. The last place the search led was into the back locker where I spotted some water which could have been from anywhere, as that’s where the water tanks are, as well as the snorkel equipment, and all sort of wet buckets and brushes. Eventually, with absolutely no other possibilities left on the boat, I found the leak coming from the shore water connection. This, apparently, is where you could plug in a hose while on the dock in order to have unlimited water. We’ve never used it, just filling up the water tanks when we’re on a dock, the same as we fill them with the watermaker when at anchor. One of these days I’d love to go through the boat, replace all the old plumbing and get rid of unnecessary things like this. Until that day, I just continue my semi-regular pursuit of small leaks.