Hi Kitty,
got your email and sorry I couldn't provide the warm weather respite.
I sailed back to the USVI from Grenada in October or somewheres around there. The sail back was like riding a bycycle uphill to have the reward of a nice long down hill on the back end. It was 4 and half days to St croix (350 nautical miles). One of the most pleasant sails ever. The best sails on the natie M; she practically sailed herself back.
Since returning to the USVI, (read: southern FLA with hills) I've been working painting and varnishing rich mans villas but lately been doing alot of boat work. I have alternating between yacht varnish work on St Croix and villa work on St john. Its cash work and....well, cash work and I make my own hours.
I've been working here on St Thomas though with some really impressive shipwrights here, learning carpentry from a totaly three demensional aspect, alot different than building some square box with a roof.
I keep my eye out for another engineering position, but frankly what I read and what I've seen, it doesn't make any sense right now, people are pissed off everywhere and I'm too much of a selfish bastard to be a part; its all insane.
best to everyone,
mark
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