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Bellone
Sun 30 Apr 2023 16:29
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I left St Lucia yesterday morning at 9.30. The first few
hours were a bit frantic, having to check everything out, untangle lines and
re-routing some of them. They have a life of their own, it seems! The twenty
four hour run has been slow, only covering 100 miles noon to noon, but the winds
have been light as predicted. Yesterday afternoon, evening and night were very
pleasant, with the lights of Martinique visible until dawn.
Depressing thought- I saw a plane take off at around
9pm, and thought that those people will be home by the time the sun rises
again.
I was sorely tempted to stay for the bank holiday
weekend and celebrate it with some of the people I've met during my stay there,
but I'm already heavily overdrawn at the Goodwill Bank.
I must mention two very special people who helped
me enormously whilst I was in Rodney Bay. They are Matthew (who knew all the
contacts) and Jerry (who made the new mainsail). Both went above and beyond the
call of duty. Thank you both so much.
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