06/04/2003

If there is anyone still out there reading this bumph Oriole was lifted out of the water promptly at 0900 on Tuesday and is now stripped down ready for the rigours of the Grenadian summer.  It has been mighty hot working in the boatyard and we have been consuming at least 6 litres of fluid per day to compensate for the sweat pouring off us.  By Thursday night the boat was pretty uninhabitable and we moved out to a little hotel on the beach in the next bay.  We have been getting up at about 0530 (first light) and walking through the woods to the yard to start the day’s work and by 1600 the need for a swim has been overpowering so after another 20 minute walk back we have been able to fall into the surf and then revive with a rum punch.  If only laying-up at home could be such fun. We fly home on Thursday, so you can put down your mouse and pack away your computer until next October when we hope that you may be still interested enough to log on for further instalments!  If you have been, thank you for sharing our fun.