Monday - Not much wind today so we chunter round the island towards Jolly

on western side, stopping on the way for a swim, anchored up off a deserted

beach.  Regulars readers may recall that the boat has a diving platform at

the stern, and even a hot freshwater shower, doncha know.   A swim in the

warm Caribbean (skinnydipping, as you might expect) compensates for no

sailing. And a nice lunch on the way.

 

Jolly Harbour is inland and a mile or so up a meandering and narrow

channel which was dredged out some years ago by the developer of the marina.  There

are large numbers of pretty little houses built on pontoons, with boats tied

up instead of front gardens.  The place was originally called Mosquito Cove,

but for some reason they did not retain that name.

 

 

As we trickle up the channel there are pelicans dive bombing for fish.  They

are ungainly birds when parked on top of a post, but they are sleek and

purposeful in action.

 

We thought we would need a rigger to sort of the broken halyard inside the

mast, but binoculars enabled Glennbo to see it poking out of the top;  there

was a second shackle on it, which had stopped it vanishing down the hole.   It was in a gettable

position, by someone going up in a bosun's chair.  Readers acquainted with

physiology and Newtonian physics may be aware that two of our number would

present a challenge to a hand powered winch, so Gabriel volunteered (honest,

folks, he volunteered).  He successfully brought down the end of the

headsail halyard, and also managed to sort out another problem 60 feet up,

bringing down the spinnaker halyard which was in the wrong position.   For

photo of intrepid man up mast see our blog for 13 Januaryu 2015.  Reward was

dinner in a Greek restaurant run by a Zorba lookalike.

 

And so to bed, Glennbo up at 0530 for a conference call.  He is in the

throes of running a takeover, and has had calls most days.  He does not see this as

a burden, because he work that pays for the boat, and telecoms enables

remote working.

 

The bonus for the 3 of us who are left is that we get to clean the boat.

Galley, heads (loos), dying vegetables, manky towels, things like that.  No gain without pain.