Sailing around the World. Presently in the Caribbean
A Lady
Stephen Hyde
Tue 10 May 2011 13:51
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FRIDAY 6th MAY
We all hopped out of the scratchers around
07.00hrs.still in a state of shock after the loss of Ian,s
Passport.
We called to the customs, the port office, and the
police again and checked if anything turned up there, but alas, nothing,
Ian had to fill out lots of paperwork to facilitate
a new imergancy passport, all these documents had to be delivered to
the British embassy in Barbados by special
delivery, who told us the package would arrive tomorrow,
The locals. in particular Larry ( an Indian
Jeweller ) were all very helpfull,
Meanwhile skipper asked our youngest son " Stefan "
to help us with our applications for special visa's for America,
we need these to bring the boat to that country ,
so skipper and Aileen toddled off and had their photo's taken and
sent
by email to Ireland,
Later, when we all relaxed, we left port and
motored to South Frigate Bay, there we dropped anchor and went ashore
to " Shikitty Shack" for dinner, The place looked
like a shack, but the food was excellent, we all had lobster and lots of it.
We met a couple ( Hal Barstow & wife ) who
knew our friend Tom Harding well, Tom was " Bosun " on the Askard in the good
old days.
On our way back to the boat, it was great to see
all the Pelicans sitting there on the rocks having their evening nap.
SATURDAY 7th MAY
07.00hrs, Skipper and Ian hopped over the side for
our early morning swim, ohhhh " it was sooo refreshing, thats the great thing
about being anchored, swimming off the boat
whenever one feels like it.
half an hour later, we set sail for " Antiguia"
just 65 miles away to the SE , we had a good breeze, but very close on our port
side,
The weather was overcast and cool. but no rain.
We tried fishing again, but caught nothing,
We arrived in Falmouth Harbour at 4.20pm and after
some scouting around we picked up a mooring and went ashore in the
rib.
We met the crew of " Lush" ( Eddie Jordans
Oyster ) and also John and Jenny from " Tzigane"
We all went to " Trappas" restaurant for dinner and
the whole night was spent discussing the lost passport,
ohhh, what a dose,
Unlike " Emily's " missing passport, this one will
not turn up. enough to make the " Sheppard" kick his dog again.
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