2953
Moonbeam
David and Lynn Wilkie
Wed 12 Jan 2011 01:19
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14.04.421N 060.57.020W
We spent a day in Marigot Bay and left on Sunday
morning in heavy rain and zero wind but as we motored North the wind increased
so that there was little incentive to anchor off Pigeon Island as planned.
  140' Yacht Drumbeg leaving
Marigot
Pigeon Island
  As we entered Rodney Bay we met a 'classic'
schooner 'Rebecca of Vineyardhaven' which is Scottish owned and just
happens to be the subject of a book I had treated myself to at
Christmas!
  
Mansions!    view from stern of
boat
Dinghy with local selling fruit and vegetables
The marina has just been rebuilt ( good job Walcon
! ) and we were met by the Dockmaster who showed us to our berth.
We went for a walk to find the house that Maitland
lived in when he worked here.
  The delight of a restaurant overlooking the marina
beckoned and we thoroughly enjoyed our meal at H2O even if we did fail to pair
Maitland off with the delightful waitress!
Monday was a visit to the Rodney Bay Mall where
despite the recession buildings and new shops are sprouting up everywhere. In
the evening a final dinner at the restaurant called Delirius (US spelling! )
owned by an old friend of Maitland's where we enjoyed superb
food.
Tuesday morning saw the crew doing a final pack
prior to their taxi to the airport; the temperature shock will be considerable
when they arrive back in the UK.
  2953? That is the mileage we have logged since
leaving La Gomera crossing the Atlantic and quickly cruising some of the "
Windward Islands". Remembering the favourable current we have travelled over
3000 miles as a very happy crew and we will miss them even if "Moonbeam"
will seem bigger again.
The mileage we have logged since leaving Loch
Melfort is 6014!
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