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We arrived on Friday Sept 26th by plane, ferry and careening taxi. We came over the airways, seas and torturous two lane roads of Tortola, BVI, to rest in Road Reef Harbor at the TMM docks.

  Our Cape Air Flight was somehow cancelled, creating a few minutes of panic and dashing to the Delta counter. They kindly got us a ride on an earlier American Eagle flight which shaved two hours off our schedule and put us there almost exactly when our fellow sailors arrived by Ferry.

     We had been promised the A/C and fridges would be turned on early in the day, and they were. Unfortunately no one checked to see if the A/C was putting out cold air, so we stepped into a 95 degree galley just as the sun was setting. No one knowledgeable was around to check it out but a careful reading of the boat manual located a reset switch carefully hidden in the bowels of the compressor. Within a hour or so all was well in MarthaR-ville.

    We missed supper call at the resturant next door, so it was decided to try out Pussers for dinner. After a 3 minute, $32 taxi ride we enjoyed some good vittles amongst the noisy crowds. We were all amazed when the Big screen TV over the bar was tuned in to the first McCain / Obama debate. Thought we had left that all behind. Several of us chose to walk back to save on taxi fare.

     Back on board we all settled into our berths and slept as the rain storms came and went throughout the night. My night was especially unsettled, filled with dreams of the next days check ride and the responsibilities of being a rookie skipper with a (potentially) green crew.