This Blog is our mother's logs from her sails aboard Jofian. Our mother, Clare Holt, wrote a log every day and after her first sail to Mexico, she bought a laptop to write and save her logs. She sailed when the World Wide Web was first created, there was not as much on the Internet back then, no Wi-Fi, Internet access was very limited. I know if she were sailing today that she would be putting her logs in a Blog, so I am doing it for her. Mom’s logs to Alaska are on saillogsalaska.blogspot.com.
Wednesday, August 29, 2012
Friday, November 24, 1995 - Trinidad
Went downtown in the morning and bought my ticket to Miami. I'll leave here December 4th at 9:15 a.m. From Miami, I'll try to fly stand-by to California. I can hardly wait. It's been almost three years since we left Richmond. I'm looking forward to seeing my children and grandchildren again and meeting my new granddaughter.
Went over to the cruise-ship terminal to try to get a map from tourist information. It was a nicer terminal than the ones in the ABC islands, but the tourist information booth left a lot to be desired. They were out of maps. In fact, they were out of just about everything. First time I ever saw a tourist information booth that wasn't loaded with brochures. This island just isn't very tourist oriented.
Walked around and did a little shopping. What a madhouse this city is! The sidewalks and shops are so jammed with people, you can scarcely move. I finally gave up, bought a few groceries at HiLo, and returned to the boat.
Roy has almost finished working on the mizzen mast. All he has to do is paint it and refinish the base. It looks like a brand new mast.
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