Wednesday 28th December
Nowcrew
Fri 30 Dec 2005 21:43
Trellis Bay,
Beef Island
Wednesday morning
was spent in and around Nanny Cay. We had a few chores to do around the boat and
we all went to the marina coffee shop for our
breakfast.
Inevitably we set
off late for our daily sail. We were heading up to Beef Island today and as the
wind was up we opened up all the sails as we left the Marina and tacked up the
coastline of Tortola. Ian was getting more experience at the helm as Andy
trimmed the sails for maximum performance. Suddenly there was a large bang, the
mainsail went limp and we thought the main halliard had snapped. On further
inspection we found that the block at the bottom of the mast that the halliard
ran through had shattered with the strain that we had put on it. It was a
relatively simple task to replace the broken block and within 20 minutes we were
sailing again.
We navigated our way
into Trellis Bay and pulled up on a moorings buoy. Ian ferried everyone ashore
and we all explored the local art and craft shops.
This bay was well
known for it's full moon parties and the small beach cafe made some fantastic
sandwiches and rotis. We tucked into a late afternoon lunch at the cafe and then
headed back to the boat.
By popular demand we
set off towards Norman Island with the intention of having drinks on the Willy T
boat in the bay there. We did not arrive until after dark and found that every
mooring was taken. After circling the bay a few times we decided to drop
anchored but halfway through this we had problems with the power to the anchor
winch. Instead of try to solve this in the dark we managed to get the anchor up
again and set of back to Nanny Cay for the night.
Nowcrew
out.