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Today we are one month away from the sea filled air of the Caribbean, and we find ourselves wading through the drizzling, dripping, draining remains of Fay. Of course the reality that a hurricane or tropical wave could be disastrous to our late September plans is becoming ever more real. 

It was encouraging to look at the weather at RoadTown today and see that, despite the passing threat of Gustav, winds are light and skys are sunny! The really scary part about this guy was how quick he popped up. There’s not much we can do but pray they’ll blow themselves out in the next three weeks and leave us with clear blue water and steady winds in a favorable direction.

One sad piece of news for the MarthaR. She’ll not get to strut her stuff for our dear friends the Weavers – this time around at least. Larry has been scheduled to attend a week long work convention in San Francisco during the time we are in the Virgins, so they’ll be unable to come down and share a sail with us. That’s especially sad for me because Larry has been my sailing partner since the beginning of this dream – we’d bottle it and bring it home for you if we could, guys! 

We’ve continued our little email game of Name That Anchorage – a little diversion I cooked up to get everyone looking around the islands by sending Google Map links of pretty spots. Today’s challenge was different. I emailed only a Panaramio photo of the spot, so they’ll have to really search around until they find a match. Take a look and see if you can – Name That Anchorage!