There are questions, you regularly arises again and again, well no matter where you are in the world. It was clear to us, that we do not want to spend New Year's Eve here in the quiet Marina San Miguel. To date, we have not found any connection to other nice sailors and to celebrate alone, it we really had no desire. Several times we had thought, to plunge into the bustle of the capital Santa Cruz. The vibrant island's capital has indeed particularly impressed us and the fireworks will be breathtakingly beautiful, like us, the local and Swiss sailmaker Thomas told.

Now the only question presented: Boat or car????? The sailing unfavorable for us wind from north-east made the decision was not taken lightly. Optimal weather conditions look different, but tomorrow we will go for it. Die Autovermieter haben uns die Entscheidung am Ende aber abgenommen 🙂 Mietwagen gibt es zur Zeit nämlich nur noch zu „Mond-Preisen“. Then we sail flat against the wind.

The last two days we have used intensively, the many delicious things, we brought from Germany back to the SUMMER, to perform their intended. Our substantial cake, Biscuit and marzipan stocks were plundered and even hourly. Gemeinsam kämpften wir uns ebenso sehr erfolgreich durch eine große Kiste voller Weihnachtsplätzchen 🙂 Alles in allem wird wahrscheinlich wohl nichts davon das Jahr 2015 experience.

Dietmar So finally had the opportunity, To drill holes in the deck of the SUMMER. The brought from Germany "Deck eyes" (Fittings, an denen z.B. Belts and lines are attached) by the company "Niro-Petersen" had to be installed professionally. For "his" ship him the best is just barely good genugJ Finally, the boxes can be lashed securely and seaworthy with our diving equipment on deck. In addition, you do not run more risk as before, tripping over cross-and-transverse straps and go overboard. For our evening entertainment we have a stack of DVDs get for Christmas from our loved ones and brought on board. Two of us have certainly been fun evenings brought. We have no "TV" at home and therefore are very happy about a few good movies. DVDs are also more a coveted commodity exchange among sailors on long journey.

Furthermore, we were able to expand our board-games to two very special games. My mother gave me a puzzle from one of our ca. 12.000 Have photos and for Christmas. So I hatched last night on my own personal Madeira puzzle fairly long. Now'm sure, I'm very careful with all my future photos, to have not so much with blue sky in the picture. Because blue is well known, not the same blue .....

Dietmar is now the proud owner of his personal memories, we still need to dedicate the next few days. Each image on the ca. 60 Cards Cards also shows a design from our photo archive. Solche persönliche Geschenke sind für uns etwas wirklich Besonderes 🙂 Für alles andere gibt es ja die VISA Card 🙂

Our SUMMER since today 15:00 Clock already so far ready, although we will post tomorrow morning. Dietmar is to keep with anticipation and barely! Tonight we will still buy you a farewell dinner at our favorite Chinese. The fridge is pretty empty anyway, because the shopping in San Miguel are very limited without a car. Morning at eight clock finally we want to go and hope for our happiness. The wind thinks he's usually not anyway to the weather and to the fireworks we have been coming to Santa Cruz. There are "only" 45 J nautical miles