June 3-5

June 3rd through 5th were pretty low key: it was a lot of socializing, boat work, eating, hanging out, etc. The highlights were definitely the day sails on Osprey and Kyanos.
When you're out cruising it's not common at all to go out for day sails. When you sail you have to pack up your entire home, tucking things away to make sure they don't go flying when the boat heels over. It's not really like RVing because motorhomes don't usually tip far enough for dishes to cascade off their shelves. And they definitely don't STAY tipped that far, unlike sailboats. So it's quite a bit of work to pull up anchor for an afternoon sail then go back and reanchor.
Osprey's anchor wasn't set super solid, so since they already had to pull up anchor we went out for an afternoon. Their boat is really different from Kyanos in shape and the way it sails--it's a bit more deliberate (slower). But we had great wind that day and got that little Island Packet up to 8 knots!
We returned the favor that Brian and Richard did when they took us along and went out for a little sail the next day (June 4). This was mostly so that Ben and I could practice anchoring and sailing together just the two of us. It's difficult to learn that sort of thing on passage since you're trying to get some place as fast as possible. With an afternoon sail you can tack around and try all sorts of things to get the feel for them.
June 5th was Bri's birthday which involved cookies, laundry and going out to dinner at a funky little place in this bay. A family that lives here takes reservations for a certain number of people then just cooks whatever they have available. The possoin croux (French ceviche in coconut milk YUM) would have been sufficient for an entire meal but they also served sausage links, chicken, breadfruit, baguette, and some weird not quite cooked other fish.
A note about laundry: there's no laundromat and unlike Huck we don't have a washer/dryer on board. So it's laundry by hand. Brian is smart enough to have a laundry plunger; it's a lot easier than hand agitating. There's free water available in a random little spigot on a tree that's fed by a creek at the top of the pass we hiked over the other day. Free water = laundry and showers! Well, bathing suit showers since it's just out in the open.
At some point I'll figure out how to put pictures IN the post instead of at the end. Until then, here's some pictures:

 

Laundry. Yes, I'm using a plunger.

 

Workin' hard at relaxing in the hammock.

Thanks Bri for the music.