Sailing around the World, and avoiding the recession.
A Lady
Stephen Hyde
Mon 28 Jun 2010 21:53
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Monday 28th June
2010
07.00hrs Another beautifull day in
paradise,
The sun was shining down all over us and on "
Adelle " the super big classic yacht moored on our starboard side.
following breakfast, we decided to go into "
Denarau ", a marina around the corner from where we are
anchored.
We could see from the AIS that a number of A.R.C.
yachts were in there,
09.00hrs we raised the anchor and motored into
Denarau, Ohhhh we really landed on our feet here,
a beautifull lagoon,with a big marina, and a town
centre attached, all very modern and obviously the center of all the resorts
around the area.
We radioed the marina office and were given a
space, which we duly tied up to.
We decided we would spend a day or two
here..
Skipper went to the marina office and did the
necessary paperwork. meanwhile the rest of the crew wandered up
into
the center, John and Donal went straight to the
internet cafe, while the girls explored the shops
and in particular the " Ugg " shop...
it seems the the Ugg boots and shoes are made in Fiji, so they cost just about
half the price
of europe, and the U.S. needless to
mention, the girls bought half the shop. as girls will do
!
Later, we topped up ther water tanks and cleaned up
the lazerette,
We also connected our shore power , This is
interesting because the last place we were connected to a marina shore
power
was Rodney bay in St.
Lucia. British and Irish boats are set
up for 220v / 50hz , where as a lot of the places we were in had the
220v,
but had 60hz and some of our equipment , like
the washing machine , air conditioning, and microwave, are allergic to
60hz
There were 10 A.R.C. boats in Denarau, a number of
them having repairs done as there was a big boatyard here.
and lots of work shops. A good place to
get work done, as this place is very economical in the first instance, and then
there are
about 2.75 local $ s to the euro, so all
round, a great place.
Later, we had a few beers on " Wild Tigris "
A Swan 76 , owned by our U.S. friend " Casey Nickerson "
then they joined us on " A Lady" for some Rum &
cokes before we all went to the local Indian restaurant for dinner,
We had a good night, lots of fun and jokes, and of
course the two going home next thursday ( margaret & Fats )
are begining to get early withdrawl
symptoms
A late night ,, lot more beer on the way back to
the boat.. As fats says, " It would take a lot of this
to kill you "
mind you, if we have much more drink, we will just
drown...................
Thats it for now.
Signed :- Stephen
Hyde ( Skipper )
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