Hurricane Earl Video St. Thomas

Barking Mermaid

I have been working on the boat a lot since Gabriela has been caring for her family. The last few days I have been working on the interior wood. I have went through 2 cans of varnish and finished all of the wood in the salon last night. She (the boat) looks really good. I like her wood all shiny. I am going to start building a hard top for the cockpit this week. I will take photos and post my progress. I just can't see spending another 2,000.00 for another bimini top.. The hard top will give me a place to install solar panels that will make the Mermaid totally self suficient.

PS. I will post photos of the interior work too!!!

Fair Winds..

Hurricane Igor Update

Igor is really churning up the ocean here. The forcast is for it to steer more WNW than west which is good for us. We wre still going to see the effects of the storm in the way of high seas, rain, and wind. The surfers are going to be out surfing Hull Bay in force.. I have decided to wait one more day before deciding what to do for the storm. I already have my gear ready to go and it's a 20 minute run into Benner Bay, so if it looks like Igor is going to head for us, I will have time to prepare. I just hate being over in the Lagoon.. The mosquitos & nociums are terrible, there is no wind to speak of, and the water there is ICKY. It is also less expensive for me to be on St. John.

Hurricane Igor

Well Hurricane Igor is gaining strengthand is now a cat 4 storm with winds at 140 mph. Not sure if I am going to go back into the Lagoon or not as they are saying that it will miss us completely... I am going to be watching it closely, and make a decision tomorrow about where to hide the boat...

Gabriela's Wahoo...

We were sailing to Anguilla, and Gabriela was lucky enough to bring in this fine Wahoo... He was tasty too!!

Back on St. John

I'm Back in Great Cruz Bay on St. John. We sailed over yesterday afternoon. It was a great sail, but I guess any day you get to sail is a great day!! Clean up of boats along the shores of Chocolate Hole, and Great Cruz  on St. John continues.. It's a mess. Boats everywhere on the beach here. There are a lot of people "picking over" the boats. I don't know what to think about that.I don't understand why people would just leave their boats in a storm. Especially in an unprotected bay. It's GREAT to be out of the shitty lagoon on St. Thomas !!!

Circumnavigating Solo

He estado jugando con el windows movie maker con todos los video que tomamos de nuestros viajes en raspar sirena. He reunido una resaltando mi esposa Gabriela. Esto está dedicado a mi "First Mate"! La amo con todo mi corazón. Ella es actualmente el hogar con su familia en Santo Domingo para estar con su padre que ha estado enferma y su nieto de nuevas versiones de su primer cumpleaños. La echo de menos y desea Esperamos estar de vuelta a su bordo de nuestro barco S / V sirena raspar

English Version:

I have been playing with windows movie maker with all of the video we take from our journeys on Barking Mermaid. I have put together one highlighting my wife Gabriela. This is dedicated to my "First Mate" !! I love her with all of my heart. She is currently home with her family in Santo Domingo to be with her father who has been sick and her new grandbaby for her first birthday. I miss her and look forward to her being back on board our boat S/V Barking Mermaid.

Well I have tried three times to upload the video, but there is a problem, so I will be posting it at: www.youtube.com/user/jstarebel ... sorry for the trouble...