Sunshine on my shoulder

Sunshine on my shoulder makes me happy :) This picture was taken this morning.

A rumor going around that the trades may fill in early this year. The last two days have been magnificent.

I took a dinghy ride through the mangroves yesterday to the French marina (Panamarina)  to do laundry. They also have a nice little restaurant & bar.

After that I was so surprised to see good friends that I met in the Bahamas, We also spent time in Jamaica but parted ways after that as they sailed for Bocus del Toro.

I’m just about to post a video in a few days. And I’m going to do something I never wanted to do, I’m going to charge for it. It will be a buck and change, I only want .99 cents the rest will go to paypal. The system will be super easy to use and if you look at the top of my webpage you will see a “my account” button. Once you pay for a video you will always be able to watch it. I’m having problems surviving down here and want to get Splendid ready for sea. Actually, surviving isn’t the issue, it’s getting my girl ready to cross an ocean. I can survive off the reef and from staple items from the store no problem. I’ve been making bread a few times a week and really only buy eggs, potatoes, onions, garlic, dry beans, rice, and tea. I throw in a bottle of rum sometimes but it always seems to go too quickly. Why is the rum  always gone?

I kind of have it in my head to sail North in March/April but i doubt it will happen. I’m becoming a little obsessed about visiting Portugal and Brazil. In the end I’ll probably get lost in the San Blas for a while, you know I break many of my own plans and in the end like floating around and just traveling when, and where I want to.

If I did head north I’d go back to Cartagena and see if I could point high enough for Puerto Rico, If not I’d make Jamaica, Cuba, an island or two in the Bahamas, Bermuda, Azores, and Portugal. Port wine comes from Portugal, and I love Port. After that I’d have to make a decision to visit the Med or not. If not I would continue to the Canary, and Cape Verde islands, and on to Brazil. Maybe spending the hurricane season in Portugal, the Med, or Cape Verdes? I also need to find out how long an American can stamp into an EU country?

I don’t know how many people have Garmin map source, but I’m going to try and figure out a way to post a file that you can download to see my waypoints and routes in map source. Once in Brazil why not do the horn for the Pacific? I need another heater on the boat and I’m searching ebay.

I’m ecstatic with my Mac book. I’m looking for a few programs (Acrobat 9 pro, and Adobe Premiere Pro 2.0 or higher). I cant figure out how to delete, the delete is actually a backspace, so if anyone knows the secret, please fill me in.

Anyway I’m off to work on the boat and get some sun.

Cheers everyone.

Sail far and live slowly.

Alex Dorsey

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