Stir crazy.
Graptolite's Sailing Log
Martyn Pickup & Heike Richter
Sun 23 Dec 2007 16:47
Crew here; We realise that our public gets anxious when the blogs dry up but
it feels to us that there is no news in port. Liz's sister did remark that
all we seemed to do or write about doing whilst at sea was eating. You
wouldn't think so if you'd have seen us on arrival; Skipper with new notches
on his belt (to make it go smaller), others with a more svelte look - all
now restored thanks to Caribbean cuisine and Piton beer.
Anyway, the prize giving was last night and we were there. The gig started
off with a duf mic on the stage which when fixed came on at full volume plus
feedback which blew all the fuses in the house. Time for more rum punch till
it got fixed. You don't know how boring these events can be till you have to
sit through the whole thing and not the edited highlights. In the
intermission Liz and I made for a less congested bar behind closed doors but
didn't stay long as the ARC MD was hosting drinky's for the St Lucia PM,
Cabinet Ministers and other hangers on - Ooops! Got a good rum punch recipe
from the PM's wife tho'. As for the results we came 16th in our class, one
place in front of Andante of Mersey which may interest a couple of readers!
As for the awards, we wuz robbed guv! As an example of witty / humorous
blogs, Graptolite's blog was quoted verbatim. (It was one of Martyn's - not
one of the really good ones) Then the prizes were given to three other
boats. Pah!
Rant aside, the marina has seen a mini ARC exodus following the collection
of trophy's last night so after a serious go with a cattle prod to those in
need, a number of jobs have now been ticked off. After two stints at the
top of the mast by Liz we finally saw the genoa halyard back in its rightful
place and this am saw the new genoa furled (bent - for techies) onto the
forestay. A trip to the supermarket and other checking out technicalities
will see us heading out tomorrow for an anchorage in view of the Pitons 3
hours away.
My facebook should be updated soon internet connection depending.