St Lucia
Eowyn
Thu 30 Jan 2014 21:15
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Éowyn is in Rodney Bay
Marina, St Lucia in position 14:04.418 N 60:57.017W
On Monday evening we slipped
out of Bequia to Young Island Cut on St Vincent. By picking up a mooring there,
we could slip away early the next day and reduce our passage time by 1 1/2 hours
to ensure we would arrive at Marigot Bay in daylight. Initially on Tuesday we
motorsailed and experienced the usual confused and rough seas at the North of St
Vincent - it soon smoothed out however and the wind gods gave us enough
East in the wind to give a fast close reach to St Lucia - our average of over 7
knots is pretty good for Eowyn upwind!
When we reached the Marina at
Marigot Bay, there were some surprises in store. Chris has been hoarding our
washing for 3 weeks as she liked the do-it-yourself machines at Marigot.
Surprise, surprise the laundry has gone - so has the Moorings charter base, many
of the shops and the place is operating in low key mode. There are new owners to
the Discovery and Marina complex and hopefully, marina manager Bob
Hathaway can educate them as to the needs of cruising sailors. 5 star hotel
laundry at $6 US per pound is certainly not one of them. Without the Moorings
base, I wonder how long the grocery shop will remain open?
Without the laundry, we made
our way on Wednesday to Rodney Bay Marina, whichin contrast is buzzing - almost
full and with all facilities in full swing.
On the dock were Tim and Maria
from Mina2 with tales of woe and problems with their Hood furling gear. The
furling swivel of both mainand yankee had failed together with the main outhaul.
Partly repaired,they will continue to Antigua without their mainsail. I expect
to see them there as we need a rig report from "Stan the Man"
Sadly "Magnetic Attraction"
was on C dock, Margaret Pratt about to depart St Lucia following the murder of
husband Roger almost 2 weeks ago.
We plan to continue up Island
on Saturday, stopping at the Saintes and Deshais in Guadeloupe
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