Christmas day excitement

Hello everyone.

We hope you are having a relaxing week.

We had a very nice Christmas yesterday. We woke up, opened presents, and then headed into town for a coffee and a juice. (they make really great fresh juices from the local fruits.) On our way back to our boat we noticed a man on a catamaran trying to anchor near us in a very small space. He nearly hit our boat and a few of the surrounding boats. Seeing that he was alone and strugging Walid offered to help. He also reccomended heading to a space with less boats around. They pulled up the anchor once again and took off while I read on the boat. Little did they realize that while pulling up the catamarans anchor they also pulled up the anchor of another small boat. The small boat was maybe 30 feet, hadn't been occupied the entire time we were here, and really looked like it had seen better days. Not only did they pull up the anchor of the small boat, Tucana, but it was attached to the catamarans anchor. I looked up to see Tucana essentially being towed into our boat. I grabbed a fender to try to protect our boat but it was coming straight at it! I called to Walid who quickly came back. He didn't realize right away that Tucana was being towed so the catamaran kept circling around us. We were hit once in the back of the boat-fortunatly there was a door that covers that outdoor shower that just was minorly broken. We were hit once more on the side of the boat with no damage. At this point other boaters saw the disaster that was taking place and came to help. After about 45 minutes of towing, circling, and trying to untangle anchors while avoiding all of the other boats the catamaran was freed and the anchor of Tucana was safely dropped away from the other boats and damage free. I was able to snap a few photos as I was on our boat trying to protect it!

Dragging the boat in tight spaces.

Crash!

Untangling the anchors.

Tucana safely anchored once again.

After everything was under control again Walid and I headed into town to go for a hike. We had a little appetizer around lunch time but we were both saving room for the feast we were going to make on the boat. The best we could find was a small roast chicken, some canned spinach, and onions and potatos. Our Christmas dinner was very similar to our Thanksgiving dinner but it was still really nice. We spent the rest of the evening reading and playing some of the games we got for Christmas.

We are heading to Tortola either tonight or tomorrow. We are waiting for a file with the winds to download before we make our decision.

Our Christmas tree this year. (a tiny Jasmine plant we bought in St. Maartin)