Early Christmas eve day, leaving Gilligans Island around midnight we had a enjoyable sail to Salinas. It was almost perfect except for the squall that came out to greet us just as we were entering the bay. We thought we were going to reach the anchorage before it hit but we were still 3 nm out when it hit. We lost sight of the land, the wind increased to around 30 knots., and the rain started pelting us. Almost the same as when we arrived in PR. Hope this don’t happen every time we get to a new port. With no sails up, just running under bare poles we were moving along at close to 5 kn., a bit scary considering that I couldn’t see I couldn’t see other boats. I turned and sailed large circles in the bay hoping for the rain to pass. It lasted for approximately 15 minutes, then continued west over the island.

We have arrived in Salinas, after having a celebratory drink we got to work cleaning up the mess that Mother Nature caused us. It being Christmas Eve we had to hurry to the stores, which were closing early.

Christmas Day, we joined the other cruisers at Sal Pa’ Dentro Waterfront Bar, for a Potluck dinner, each boat bringing their favourite dish, where we had a great great time, but we miss everyone back home.

Christmas Tree made out of driftwood