Today we sailed over to the Las Perlas Islands. Amazingly there was enough wind that we actually shut off the engines and sailed much of the way. In the afternoon the wind increased and Dave had to reef in a sail before the squeal-o-meter went off.
Along the way Melissa tried to clean the front windows. Dave had cleaned then once already since we got back to the boat, but they didn't come clean. Apparently it was a mistake to leave them up while we were gone because they appear to be permanently damaged from the dirt that accumulated on them and just sat there for two months. This is a bummer as we just had the plastic replaced in El Salvador. Melissa's polishing helped a bit, but they still arn't great.
Underway we put out the meat line and caught two jacks which we tossed back.
Dave replaced the carburetor on the small dingy engine, and now its running great!
Then it was off to dinner on Isla Contradora. While we were at dinner it started to pour rain, so we just kept drinking wine till it let up a bit. The restaurant waiter drove us back down to the beach in the hotel van so that we wouldn't get quite as wet on the way back.
