I partly expected the Captain to write up the voyage back to St Lucia, sorry but you’ve got me again! Well it was fast. That said the Aires did all the work with the Captain taking a turn when needed. I know that the little helming which I did was very exhilarating. Once the sails were set for the course they didn’t need changing at all apart from the occasional tweak for maximum performance. We had one or two squalls which required the foul weather gear to come out but otherwise good weather. We saw very little in the way of wild-life—the ubiquitous flying fishes and a couple of small Dolphins but that’s about it.
I did the graveyard watch from nine or 10 ‘til one or two depending on how long Malcolm let me sleep for. He rarely woke me the next morning but after Tea he usually went for a ‘lie down’ Rodney Bay was a welcome sight as we entered at half– past midnight on Sunday morning. ( 680 nautical miles in just over 3 days!)
We both slept late and prepared for customs the next day. After mooring in the Marina we were greeted by many people who remembered us from last year, ‘Prudent’ came out to fix the freezer and didn’t charge us ( maybe he enough last year ?) and John & Vincent at Regis checked out the Auto-helm motor and fixed the brushes on that so that it now works again. The marina pool was well used and I attended one of the Ladies lunches where I met many more familiar faces. On Saturday evening we went to the Sailing club with Daphne & David and had a great time what with a BBQ and disco to dance at. Also on Monday we ate out at ‘Buzz’ (it was my birthday treat.
We left St Lucia on Wednesday morning and had another fast ride up here to St Maartin. It took another three full days, however, there was far more to see in the way of Islands and not as many squalls—at least on my watch.
I have now brought you up to date so I can upload this as soon as we get wi-fi again. This time there are no new pictures to look at on Picasa.
I did the graveyard watch from nine or 10 ‘til one or two depending on how long Malcolm let me sleep for. He rarely woke me the next morning but after Tea he usually went for a ‘lie down’ Rodney Bay was a welcome sight as we entered at half– past midnight on Sunday morning. ( 680 nautical miles in just over 3 days!)
We both slept late and prepared for customs the next day. After mooring in the Marina we were greeted by many people who remembered us from last year, ‘Prudent’ came out to fix the freezer and didn’t charge us ( maybe he enough last year ?) and John & Vincent at Regis checked out the Auto-helm motor and fixed the brushes on that so that it now works again. The marina pool was well used and I attended one of the Ladies lunches where I met many more familiar faces. On Saturday evening we went to the Sailing club with Daphne & David and had a great time what with a BBQ and disco to dance at. Also on Monday we ate out at ‘Buzz’ (it was my birthday treat.
We left St Lucia on Wednesday morning and had another fast ride up here to St Maartin. It took another three full days, however, there was far more to see in the way of Islands and not as many squalls—at least on my watch.
I have now brought you up to date so I can upload this as soon as we get wi-fi again. This time there are no new pictures to look at on Picasa.
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