On 20Mar, I got up a bit earlier because I wanted to have an underwater look at the underwater parts of our boat. Ask is ok. But this inspection was accompanied by a small who kept circling a few meets below me. It was my first encounter with a shark in the Caribbean. It is incredible to watch this fish with its speed optimized body shape and it’s fins for propulsion and direction control.<\/p>\n
After breakfast we lifted the hook and salted in about 2 h nach to St Thomas. We sailed
\nbroad reach, running, and at the end for about 1 1\/2 NM a beam reach course. Very comfortable sailing in a swell a bit lower than 2 m.<\/p>\n
In the eastern part of St Thomas harbor we set anchor about 0.2 NM from the Coast Guard station. Here I want to drop off the friend who sailed with me for a week and pick up my friend S. from Japan, who will sail with me all the way to Cuba.<\/p>\n
21Mar, we dropped off our friends for their flight back home. S and I are preparing for the next leg to Puerto Rico. Yesterday we could already refill the empty propane gas bottle.<\/p>\n
Yesterday we also got from Puerto Rico the information that in respect to COVID-19, we are considered as domestic travelers in the USA, this no special protocol is needed.<\/p>\n
However, concerning sailing with our own boat to Puerto Rico, requires clearance via the ROAM app. The funny thing is that the change of the 2nd identification system, a phone number which can receive SMS, requires more than 24 h because my satellite phone number is not accepted and the Caribbean SIM card doesn’t work in the USVI anymore. So now I need to store a US phone number. Extremely efficient system if you are not a US citizen with a US mobile phone.<\/p>\n
We hope we get clearance within today so we can depart tomorrow at dawn after doing last shopping today.<\/p>\n
Some people say that sailing around the world is repairing the boat in the most beautiful bays of the world, I say now that it is fighting with entry permissions in the internet and getting always new locally working SIM cards.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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