The decision has been taken. I am not sailing back to Norway … Not yet anyway … I take that back. I am still sailing back to Norway, but instead of sailing home in an Easterly direction I’m doing it in a Westerly direction. I’m heading into the... Part 1 (Written on the last day of 2009) The last day of the year is always a day of reflection for me. It is a day I look back and remember the good and the bad times, the people I liked and loved … and the people I wished would have a well deserved... After a very relaxing day it was nice to head ashore to our evening reservation at the aptly named, “It rains fishes” restaurant. Though their spelling might be questionable, their food wasn’t. My charter guests treated me to an unbelievable... Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, Happy Holidays This fine Christmas morning myself and the rest of the charter gang, jumped in to the water for a Christmas picture. Nothing beats a nice morning swim followed by eggs and bacon. Life is Grand. I picked up my charter guests: Margrete, Harald, Torbjørn og Per Ove at West Punt, all the way north-west on Curacao in a small bay called Playa Forti. It was a good place to start the charter, because from there we would cover the entire southern coastline... After spending a day recuperating from the failed attempt to get to Curacao it was time to get back to work and fix the engines, so that I could get to Curacao and start my Christmas charter. Clifford, my clutch mechanic, came by and we were able to narrow down what... 