Christy and Perry Saving the World

The welders told me the bar on the davit broke because I always loaded the motor end on that side. So in my wisdom, and not wanting to stress the side that is broken already, I loaded the dinghy the other way around before bedtime. What’s the harm? The lines I use to haul it…

As early as practicable I call Silvio the welder who is renowned in these parts. He asks where we are, says he knows Milu and shockingly he comes out to see us immediately, perhaps Jim and Amanda’s influence did help. We talk about what is to be done and decide that if we can get…

Liz’s last day in Grenada so we spend the morning getting ready and generally taking it easy. It has been an action-packed 9 days and we’re somewhat grateful for the overcast skies so there is no pressure to do anything. Around 11:30 am we head in to Secret Harbour for lunch and so Christy and…

A pretty nasty morning, very overcast and rains hard off and on. To some degree we don’t mind a bit of a rest day but we had hoped to show Hog Island on a Sunday (BBQs and music) but it is not looking good. It’s looking OK to try the Walking Club, so a bit…

Pretty much our entire trip from Portsmouth has been designed around getting back to Grenada in time for Liz to experience the Saturday Hash. At first I thought it would be a bit rushed, we would end up in Grenada with too much time on our hands and who knows if the Hash would be…

We’ve been watching the weather and wind the past few days and it really looks like we’ve made the right decisions all along. Although the winds have been a little light, they haven’t been too strong and nothing but sunshine the whole trip. Saturday and Sunday look kinda nasty but we should be nestled safely…

We’re up and moving pretty early. Although it’s only a few miles over to Union where we need to check out, I want to be the first in line at Customs and Immigration so we can get on with our day quickly. We’re anchored in Clifton Harbour just before 9 am so I’m happy about…

No need to rush as we want to give boats time to leave Mayreau. Except as we have breakfast the park rangers come by and we have to pay. Should have left and had breakfast at Mayreau. It’s only 2 or 3 miles over to Mayreau so after breakfast we motor over. No mooring balls…

We’re up early and off our anchor by 7:30 am for the trip down to Tobago Cays. Winds are relatively light, about 15 kts max from the east the whole way. Not a fast sail but reasonably comfortable. The Cays are a little busier than we expected but we find a decent anchorage (there are…

Another beautiful day in Bequia. The nights have been great too, with a full moon approaching – looks like it will be 100% on Wednesday. I go off alone early to town where I take our empty propane cylinders in to be filled – we are down to our last small one and it’s at…