Lazy Days in Rodney Bay
Ile Jeudi
Bob and Lin Griffiths
Wed 10 Apr 2013 22:54
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Saturday 6 to Wednesday 10 April 2013
We have had a lazy few days in and around the
marina.
We took a bus over to the Rodney Bay area which we
have been to before by land. There has been a lot of
development since we were last here. There are now large supermarkets and
shopping malls although there seems to be a relative dearth of shoppers.
There are also some nice developments around the
lagoon and some that are now derelict.
We have also been investigating dinghies to replace
ours which has an inflatable floor. The distances to travel in the
anchorages are greater out here and the sea is choppier so we think we might
have to give in and join everybody else and get one with a rigid floor.
The rigid part is normally glassfibre, surrounded by inflatable tubes but
one manufacturer now does one with an aluminium floor. This is much
lighter and therefore the outboard engine doesn't need to be quite as large to
make it go (therefore not as heavy in weight or wallet). A dinghy supplier
here is an agent for the one we think we want but of course he doesn't have one
in stock. Then yesterday on the cruisers VHF radio net someone was
offering a 12 mth old one for sale. They had just completed a
round the world rally and it was clear the dinghy had had a hard time on some
rocky beaches and reefs. It was still sound but we have today decided
against it. Alll this was to explain why we are still sitting in a
marina when we had intended to go off and to anchor somewhere!
Rodney Bay shopping area:-
 Our favourite house beside Rodney Bay
lagoon:-
 The local greengrocer. This guy goes out
every day to all the boats in the anchorage offering fruit and
vegetables:-
 Bars and restaurants beside the
marina:-
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