Falmouth Harbour day working.
Oriole
Sun 1 Jan 2006 16:28
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Three years ago Andrew was walking the dock in
Falmouth touting for day work on the superyachts while looking for his first
substantive position. Again he is looking for a job but rather more coolly
and is day working on Oriole demonstrating his considerable varnishing
skills. Today being New Year's Day, I guess will not be a work day, as we
last saw him socialising vigorously over in English Harbour when we
returned home after the midnight fireworks extravaganza. Andrew and Chris
are doing a grand job on the varnish which was in a rather parlous state after
so much sun and salt water on our way up from Trinidad and we are happy to
report that the outboard is in good health.
 The
varnishing team hard at work. ORIOLE (40 FEET)
We had a great Christmas Dinner with the
crew of 'Sunday's Child' and some other friends after the Dockyard
Champagne Party. Oriole has some tastefully arranged Christmas decorations
and our one Christmas card from the upper reaches of Newton Creek has pride of
place on the main bulkhead. Other Christmas greetings have arrived in profusion
by email and telephone and are much appreciated. Later in the week the crews of
the five Ocean Cruising Club yachts present met with the Port Officer Mike Tyson
for drinks which John had arranged in a local hostelry. It is exactly 35 years
ago that John and Stuart were put up for membership here by the late founder,
Hum Barton, and his wife and current Admiral, Mary.
Yesterday we climbed to the cliff
tops overlooking the South Coast to watch the Nelson Memorial New Year's
Eve Pursuit Race.
How the other half live! ADELE (180 FEET)
 ICE (295
FEET) We understand has a Russian owner!
From a tiny Carriacou sloop to the
enormous 'Rebecca' (180 feet) they started according to size and
speed and all finished pretty well simultaneously in a wonderful melé. We should have been out there in Oriole but
the varnish was still wet.
'Eowyn' who
we last saw in Grenada sailed in yesterday and we got together for New Year's
Eve drinks in the Admiral's Inn complete with steel band. We first met Graham
and Chris last year when Ruth and David Thrush (NF) were their
guests.
We are now
at anchor in Falmouth but harbour rot is beginning to set in so we are planning
to move north with Andrew next week. The Christmas Winds have arrived in
earnest today and there is white water everywhere in the anchorage so we will no
doubt wait until life out there is a little less
challenging.
We are very
sorry that Robert and Dani could not have been here to complete the quorum but
we drank their health in their absence.
We send our
best wishes for 2006 to all stalwart readers.
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