Although the water was not great in El Bite we spent a few days hopping through the reefs and visiting other small islands. We bumped into our friends of a boat called Baju - that we first met just after our atlantic crossing in the island of Dominica in the West Indies! We borrowed their surf board and and spent a few days wake boarding which was soo much fun. We have decided as soon as we get down to Boca del Toro we are going to by one. Its really good exercise as well!15 mins and your done for the day!! We had a couple of wicked fires and bbq on the beach
Finally there was a good weather forecast for us to go. We got the boat ready for our journey and left for a three day sail to Provendencia. Poor debs was sea sick – the weather being a tadge windier than forecast. After one day out to sea and 60 miles under our belt, Sym checked the engine to discover one of the pipes on the engine had burst and we had a really big oil leak. Two minutes later we ripped our main sail. We had no other option than to turn around and sail back to Guanaya to get everything fixed. We ended up sailing in under head sail through the reefs and into the anchorage late as night - quite nerve racking to be honest, but we had gone in and out a few times so we knew what to expect! We were all really gutted because Al and Debs only had a week left and so instead of helping us around the Nicaraguan bank they had to fly home from Honduras.
Sym managed to get the pipe fixed the next day and so Gypsy Moth was ship shape again. After 6 weeks Al and Debs flew home and we were now on the boat on our own. It was such a wicked laugh with them on the boat, but it was good to finally have some peace and quiet( no offence guys, haha)!! And get used to the three of us sailing together as a family. We waited another 5 or so days after they left when the perfect forecast came in giving us a two day window of light northley winds!!
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