Finally underway
Oriole
Mon 10 Dec 2007 15:19
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Sailing through the Grenadines 12:35.51N
61:30.18W
We finally left Trinidad on Sunday morning at 0400
after a frenetic month getting Oriole refitted. Decks recaulked, bottom
ground off and re-epoxied, free replacement by Andersen of our winch motors,
final phase of replacing our saloon head linings, additional battery for the
house bank, new DSC VHF, and new computer system for navigation linked to AIS,
the newish system which shows the position and identity of ships within
about 20 miles. And that was in addition to all the myriad other jobs to
get the boat commissioned. So if anyone wondered why we did not have time to
write the web diary this is the reason!
We are now rapidly making our way north to Antigua
to meet up with Andrew while Drumbeat, his new yacht, is in
Antigua over Christmas. He seems delighted with the new job. They
have the owner on board at the moment and were planning to go north, but the
weather up there is awful with gales due to a potential late season tropical
storm.
Our passage from Trinidad to Grenada was very quiet
and after anchoring off Grenada last night we are sailing up through the
Grenadines and expect to be in Beqia tonight. Again very little wind today
which is all being diverted north by this storm system. From next weekend
the webdiary should operate normally on a weekly basis with up to date
photos!
 We are now underway a few miles west
of Tyrrel Bay, Carriacou which has this lovely boatyard for yachts and local
boats.
We have spoken on the radio, as we
were passing, to our favourite dive guide who we will see for some diving on our
way south in Feb/March.
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