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Aurelia
Shirley and Michael Webb-Speight
Mon 5 Mar 2007 15:20
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For the last few days we have been at Nanny Cay,
near Road Town, Tortola. We were hauled out for antifouling and a polish
and a few other jobs that Mike found to do on the prop and bow thruster.
While that was going on the kids amused themselves in the pool here and on the
little beach with Mother playing life guard attendant. Mike was busy
running around getting genoas and bimanys fixed and a multitude of other
duties. He was a bit upset to find that he had missed the photo shoots of
the Hooters girls for their next calendar at the pool and surprised that none of
his family ran to get him! I think if we were running anywhere for the
Hooters girls it would be for a decent size burger for them.
Nanny Cay has very good facilities restaurants,
shops, pool, the most classy bathrooms we have ever seen in a marina and
pleasant surroundings. However living on the hard for 3 nights was a bit
of a nightmare, extremely hot and invested with mosquitoes! The trick was
to get off the boat in the morning before she heated up and to leave our return
until the sun had set and it was starting to cool. None of us sleep well
the first night, being absolutely still, 3 metres off the ground really doesn't
assist sleeping when it is hot and you are battling mozzies!
However the boat was duly antifouled and we had the
top sides cleaned and polished and she is looking really good. We went
back in the water yesterday afternoon and elected to stay the night as it was
getting a bit late to look for an anchorage and we still had a lot of internet
stuff we wanted to do. They were short on berths and accommodated us last
night but this morning the owner of the berth politely asked if we could move
(730) and we are presently drifting at the fuel dock waiting for a spot to tie
up so we can pay and clear out.
We met a nice couple from Atlanta, Georgia that
came over last night for drinks. They had a brand new Beneteau catamaran
called "Lucy" which we were invited to view after dinner. It was
really a lovely boat. Mike and Carol returned to the States this
morning.
We have heard from Priscila last night that she is
hoping to fly into the US Virgins (via Puerto Rico from Panama) on Sunday or
Monday and we will be there to meet her. She will be aboard for about a
week and we are all very excited about seeing her. She has had a job to
get her US Visa and had to fly to the capital of Panama for her interview,
however they have given it to her.
So the basic plans for the next couple of weeks are
the US Virgins for a week, and then around the 10th we will head south to
Guadeloupe. We need to be in Guadeloupe by the 16th to pick up Hamish
Dickson, our delivery skipper. He will be on board for a few days with us
before we depart Guadeloupe on the 20th for Paris. We will be in Paris
until the 25th and then go to London for our remaining few days. Singapore
Airlines will take us home from there on the 28th and we arrive home on the
morning of the 30th March. And that will be that for us. Aurelia
will take a longer route home via Panama with Hamish and his crew and will
arrive in June.
That is it for now!
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