Rock Sound

A few days ago we had a glorious sail from Ten Bay 20 miles south to Rock Sound, traveling 7 knots in 20 knots of wind with a jib a double-reefed mainsail. Our first item of business was to dinghy over to Wild Orchids and make our reservation for a Thanksgiving Turkey dinner. This is our third year of celebrating Thanksgiving at Wild Orchids. 

Yesterday we spent three hours at 3T’s doing laundry and having nice chats with the owner, Showboat, and his other customers. When we returned to Breeze On I set my seed crackers out to bake in our new solar oven. I have a recipe for the crackers that I really enjoy but they bake at 340 degrees for 50 minutes. I don’t like using the oven in the galley, especially when it is warm, so I thought the solar oven might do the job. The crackers didn’t start baking until afternoon so I had already lost some hours of good sun. The oven reached a maximum temperature of 225° and the crackers were baked—but not browned—after four hours. I am hoping that they will be brown the next time if I start earlier in the day. 

Bilge update—earlier in the week we siphoned out more water from another section that is difficult to access. Since then the bilge has been completely dry. George checked all of the areas where there might be leaks and found no evidence of leaking. Fingers crossed that the problem is solved.    

Rock Sound Harbour this morning. 

Video from our sail to Rock Sound. 

Crackers ready to bake. 

Crackers baking in the solar oven. 

Finished crackers. Next time I am hoping they will brown.