St Lucia (3)
Blue Sky's Voyage
George & Michael
Mon 9 Jul 2007 03:13
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Hello
Friends
"14:04.5N 60:56.9W"
As we were moored under the Pitons, we were
alerted in the morning by a chunk of Piton falling off and hitting the water
with a noise like a gunshot. Apparently this happens occasionally and we were
just far enough away to be out of range of the falling rocks. No harm done, but
we woke up quickly!
 Soufriere is the town in the foreground -
the one in "Water" the movie with Michael Caine.
The winds are now getting stronger as we get
into Summer season and we generally have at least one reef in the main and a
reefed genoa. We saw 40 knots today, but only for a short while. We've had some
good sails up & down the coast and we took our guide, Marlon - who said
he'd never been on a sailing boat before - up to Castries and back to Anse La
Raye for the Friday Fish Fest.
Our trip up to Castries (the capital of St
Lucia) was to purchase footballs for the kids in Anse La Raye. Here is the
official presentation by Karla on the end of the pier ...
 One football is for practice and the better
one was handed to a Mum for safekeeping en route to The Coach who is also the
local cop. We think they went down well: we saw them practicing with the
practice ball still in its plastic bag so as not to get it dirty.
The Friday Fish Fest / "Jump Up" was great
fun: the drinks cheap and the food (all fish) is delicious. We were perfectly
happy to eat from the street stalls but it was funny to watch at the American
tourists (**) consuming nothing and trying to avoid touching anything !! The
town is relatively unspoilt by tourism, though one is offered all sorts of
things which we presume are narcotics though we don't generally understand what
the specifics are and politely refuse all offers.
We're now back in Rodney Bay marina for a
spot of laundry and a few minor chores before heading south to St Vincent and
the Grenadines.
The next Blog will be a guest effort by
Karla and Andreas - they don't know that yet, but you do !
Best Wishes
George & Michael
(**) not racist - just
factual
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