Last Boats in and Adieu to Rodney Bay
Karma Daze
Chris and Penny Manley
Wed 25 Dec 2013 15:10
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Our last duty was on Wednesday 18th December, a
very quiet day and even quieter night. We checked in 10 boats the last one
at 02.00 Thursday morning, with the next boat not due until we had handed over
to “Roysterer” for their last day of duty. This meant we could get some
sleep. The wind eased a lot to be replaced by a rolly sea, but we did
manage about 3 hours of sleep until we were woken by wind and torrential
rain. There seems to be far more rain showers this year than we remember
from a year ago.
We remained in the marina until after the prize
ARC prize giving on Saturday 21st. All the finish line boats attended
(well 3 of us) and we were all presented with a bottle of rum. As we had
also been paid 125US$ a day for expenses this was an added bonus.
The next day we set off for Marigot Bay and then
on to Bequia for Christmas. Of the 2 other Finish Line Boats, “Roysterer”
were off to Grenada for Christmas, and “Sophie” was going to hang around on an
anchor in Rodney bay.
We had a nice relaxed sale down to Marigot just
on the genoa, and picked up a buoy. We didn’t go ashore but stayed on the
boat and left at 06.00 Monday morning for the 60 mile trip to Bequia. The
weather was good, the sailing excellent apart from in the lee of St Vincent
where there was no wind. We arrived in Bequia, and had prearranged with
African to pick up on of his buoys. We went ashore for dinner in the Fig
Tree restaurant run by Cheryl. She also runs the daily Cruisers Net on the
VHF. We will check in tomorrow when Customs and Immigration are
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