You may be wondering what the heck Don't Stop The Carnival, Kinja and the Gull Reef Club are all about.

It all begins with Don't Stop The Carnival, a very funny adventure story written by Herman Wouk about a
couple from New York who decide to move to the Caribbean and open a hotel....something we have always wanted to do!

Kinja is an imaginary island in the Caribbean where the story unfolds (much like the stories aboard our boat!).

Ah, and the Gull Reef Club....well, you will have to read the book to figure that one out !

Tuesday, April 26, 2011

Sailing Kinja...with a leak

When we got back to St. Thomas we decided to ask the diver who found the crack what he thought about us sailing Kinja around with the leak.  His comment "Well it should be OK, just keep an eye on it and if it gets worse make sure you have a contingency plan to get her pulled out of the water somewhere...quickly!"....great.

We also asked a lot of people about the best place to have Kinja repaired.  Nobody recommended doing it in St. Thomas.  Two places in The British VI were recommended.  One on Tortola and one on Virgin Gorda.  Since we also had to make plans to store Kinja for hurricane season, Virgin Gorda Yacht Harbor was our choice.

Since Tyler only had a couple of more days before heading home, we decided to sail over to St. Johns again and anchor in some nice snorkeling places..

Tyler on board....




After a few days we would put him on the ferry back to St. Thomas and we would head over to Virgin Gorda to have Kinja repaired...hopefully.


OK, So give us a break.  This was posted under the influence of Rum... a lot of rum!

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