Rodney Bay .....again!
ULA
John & Jackie Richards
Wed 18 Feb 2009 13:25
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Position 014:04.446N 060:57.016W
The weather cheered up in Marigot and we spent a
pleasant day chilling out with some lunch at Doolittles and a bit of retail
therapy in the marina village. Our friendly boat boy who paddles round on a surf
board selling fruit while singing at top volume to his walkman made an
appearance! We got a load of bananas, star fruit and coconut for a suitable
amount of dosh, two walkman batteries and a beer! It's difficult to refuse such
enterprise and there is of course the added entertainment value to
consider!
Met up with Rory and Ursula off Cerys again - they
were moored up in the inner harbour. Had a coffee and drinks later with them.
Still quite a few ARC boats around.
Tuesday we had a leisurely start and a good sail up
to Rodney Bay in glorious weather. We are in boat sorting mode today before we
fly home tomorrow. We may get Ula lifted and antifouled as her bottom was rather
messy when we got here and we had to have a diver down for a scrub off! Sounds
painful! The captain is off talking to the boat yard manager at the moment
negotiating the price..... Hopefully Kenny will have sorted our bimini tube
and we have a dinghy repair to sort as well as the inevitable trip to Suds and
the tortuous process of renewing our temporary import licence with
Customs!
We enjoyed a warm evening yesterday with sundowners
in the cockpit for the first time in a while -having got a load of tips/good
recipe etc from the bar tender at the Tamarind Beach Hotel in Canouan, the
skipper is now pretty adept at mixing a mean rum punch!
Looking forward to seeing everyone at home next few
days- we have Andy's 20th and my Dad's 80th to celebrate over the weekend
- but not returning to the UK weather!
Due to return here Mar 15 to move Ula up to Antigua
for the trip back across the puddle in May.
Jackie
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