Further Update 17th Day
Ile Jeudi
Bob and Lin Griffiths
Thu 14 Mar 2013 23:47
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13:15.68N 59:38.68W
Thursday 14 March 2013
The sailing up the familiar west coast of Barbados
was good and we couldn't quite believe we were looking at the island from our
own boat.
As we approached Port St Charles we could see some
people on the shore waving at us. It was Nigel and Asa-Britt who had been
reading the Web Diary. We knew them when we and they were living and
working here and they are back on the island for a few weeks. What a
surpirise!
The bubble was burst somewhat when we tied up to
the fuel pontoon (all the reception berths were blocked off with cross lines all
over the place). The swell was incredible and the boat was launched at the
pontoon by a powerful surge. (Now we know why there were so many
cross lines in the reception berths with only one boat for each two
berths!). It was a boat breaker so we abandoned the berth (and Nigel and
Asa-Britt) promptly before too much damage was done.
So we have anchored off the marina for now and
haven't yet checked in with the authorities. We will try to do so
tomorrow.
For now, we have had a small bottle of bubbly to
celebrate our arrival and will be having wine with dinner (we run a dry ship
when on passage). I had noticed that wine and G&T had magically made
their way back in to the fridge where they belong over the last 24
hrs.
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