Dolphins in the mooringfield.

Sep 27, 2021 | 6 comments

Sep 27, 2021 | 6 comments

Trrrrrr, Trrrr. I hear my phone vibrating on our steel deck. “Dolphins just 50 meters away from your boat!?!” I read in my whatsapp and scream to Suus. We are running to the front of the boat when a group of the most magnificent fishes are swimming by. Friends of us already jumped in their dinghy and are swimming next to them. We look at each other and decide to jump in the dinghy as well. Snorkle gear and slowly motoring to the group swimming just in the mooring field. “This is crazy!” I hear Suus whispering at me. When we are close we slowly dip ourselves in the water and see the dolphins go by gratefully. More than 50 of them are slowly cruising through the water. Moments later too many dinghies are rushing towards the dolphins and they dive a bit deeper. But just when we decided to go back to Yndeleau a small group turns and swims by just next to us. Two of them approach up to 2 meters from me, wondering and interested in what kind of weird things we are with a snorkel and big goggles, holding a rope with a floating thing, our dinghy.

While Suus her belly is growing we are finishing all the baby preparations, some needed baby tools are purchased second hand, a stroller, a maxi cosi. My tools have to make room for diapers, my workplace is replaced by a nice little changing station, one of Suus her clothes closets is gone for baby clothes, the kites need to be stored somewhere else because that is going to be her bed. Our boat is changing. At the same time we are struggling about where to be when the delivery could happen. We thought about Colombia but after a lot of deliberation we decided to stay in Bonaire. We felt really good about the dutch style healthcare, and it is a bit easier to speak dutch than our spanish. On the other hand, we had not been traveling for such a long time and that made us a bit reluctant to decide to stay in Bonaire. It would mean we should be staying four more months because we didn’t see us leaving before the little one would be a month old. But clearly the first arguments won and we decided to stay in Bonaire. We get a car that gives us the opportunity to kitesurf and discover the island. It also is way easier to transport a pregnant lady to the hospital for checkups and the delivery itself later. Suus thought that would be possible on a bike and me pushing her… Positive preggo brain.. 😉

“Wow, look to the right guys! That is the boat that was on facebook last night.” While we drive from Sorobon, windsurf heaven, back to the boat, together with Suus her sisters, we see a 48 foot Beneteau standing on the reef. From afar it looks like it misses a mast but it is just majestically standing there. The crane and all the cars around it already point out it isn’t meant to be there. “Let’s go check it out”. When we drive on the dirt road towards the point where the boat is standing we get another angle on it. And then we see it, half of the hull is bursted away. The boat stranded last night just after sunset. The crew was on its way to Saint Vincent and the Grenadines and just after the dark came in they hit the reef. One of the guys told us he was just calling the coast guard and when they asked whether they could get off the boat safely he glanced outside and saw that they could just step off the boat already. They were thrown on the reef and were laying there. They got off quickly but after they realized they couldn’t do anything on the shore, they decided to take at least all valuables and even started dismantling all the instruments. The boat is total-loss. “Pff, that hurts my heart” sighs Suus when we are stepping in the car again. While Suus’ sisters are also walking back to the car we look at each other, “Wow, these things are a wake-up call again. Is it bad to say that I am happy that he is not a cruiser with all his life on this boat?” “No”, answers Suus, “but it hurts so much to see his boat like this”. “They just left to have a nice easy trip to the beautiful islands of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.”. “It shows how strong and unforgiving nature can be!”

It took us 24 hours to arrive at Bonaire. A lot of tacking needed but smooth sea and perfect conditions.

We arrived at Bonaire!

And in the end we were accepted! So happy to be here!

6 Comments

  1. Jacques

    It,s Monday morning 😀⛵️😎

    Reply
  2. M.simons claasen

    Wouw, wat een prachtig verhaal! Maar ik ben wel blij dat jullie niet naar Colombia, zijn gegaan! Behouden vaart en wees voorzichtig! Groetjes Marianne

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    • Yndeleau

      Ah wat leuk om te horen dat je het een leuk verhaal vindt! Ja het was een goede beslissing voor Bonaire :).

      Reply
  3. Ria Lammers

    De knop subcribe doet het niet bij mij. Prachtige verhalen overigens.

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    • Yndeleau

      Ah shit. Kan niet vinden waar het aan ligt, heb je ook op de hoofdpagina van de blog geprobeerd? Anders kan ik je ook handmatig even toevoegen.

      Reply
  4. Kees Stofbergen

    Weer een leuk verhaal, inmiddels eergisteren Arnout, Rosan en Berend terug verwelkomd in onze haven. what a happening! Leuke foto met de kleine!

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6 Comments

  1. Jacques

    It,s Monday morning 😀⛵️😎

    Reply
  2. M.simons claasen

    Wouw, wat een prachtig verhaal! Maar ik ben wel blij dat jullie niet naar Colombia, zijn gegaan! Behouden vaart en wees voorzichtig! Groetjes Marianne

    Reply
    • Yndeleau

      Ah wat leuk om te horen dat je het een leuk verhaal vindt! Ja het was een goede beslissing voor Bonaire :).

      Reply
  3. Ria Lammers

    De knop subcribe doet het niet bij mij. Prachtige verhalen overigens.

    Reply
    • Yndeleau

      Ah shit. Kan niet vinden waar het aan ligt, heb je ook op de hoofdpagina van de blog geprobeerd? Anders kan ik je ook handmatig even toevoegen.

      Reply
  4. Kees Stofbergen

    Weer een leuk verhaal, inmiddels eergisteren Arnout, Rosan en Berend terug verwelkomd in onze haven. what a happening! Leuke foto met de kleine!

    Reply
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