For the last few days the visibility has dropped from about 20 miles to less than 5. It's like one can see the air around us. The boat is once again covered in a fine layer of orange dust.
Could it be that the solar winds have brought the sands of Mars to the Caribbean? Of course not, what a silly thought. But the truth is nearly as unbelievable!
Several times a year we get this "trade wind haze", as it's called. It is a very fine dust blown off the Sahara Desert and carried across the Atlantic Ocean by strong winds aloft, to settle on the waters and islands of the Caribbean.
And it makes a mess of one's boat, inside and out. It permeates the bimini, sails, the cushions and bedding below and settles on the varnish making it seem as though no one has dusted in years.
Oh, the joys of cruising the Caribbean.
Could it be that the solar winds have brought the sands of Mars to the Caribbean? Of course not, what a silly thought. But the truth is nearly as unbelievable!
Several times a year we get this "trade wind haze", as it's called. It is a very fine dust blown off the Sahara Desert and carried across the Atlantic Ocean by strong winds aloft, to settle on the waters and islands of the Caribbean.
And it makes a mess of one's boat, inside and out. It permeates the bimini, sails, the cushions and bedding below and settles on the varnish making it seem as though no one has dusted in years.
Oh, the joys of cruising the Caribbean.