Nov 17th Sopers Hole

Osprey
John Bowering
Mon 17 Nov 2008 20:33
Went ashore yesterday evening for a quick drink - Jonathan having prepared a meal ready for the oven on our return. We were ashore longer than expected and it was gone 10 pm by the time we had eaten. Today we started for the fuel berth early to try and catch them as soon as they opened and were sitting waiting for them at 0800. Jonathan headed for Road Town - hitching an lift - whilst John and Finn refuelled and watered Osprey. For the first time ever we filled Osprey from nearly dry tanks which took 169 gallons. Our total capacity is 210 Gallons. This gave us an average consumption of 1.44 gallons per hour for the trip down from the Turks and Caicos Islands as compared to 1.2 gallons per hour for the previous leg - purely a function of the head seas and weather. Having settled the account Finn and John needed resuscitation so headed to the local cafe for brunch. This was run by two elderly female locals who were not going to be hurried under any circumstances. They offered everything from Pigs Heads to Turtle on the menu! 90 minutes later we escaped and did a quick inspection of a catamaran which Jonathan is interested in hiring for a Penguin outing. Huge amounts of space and a great party boat for around the islands and beaches - but not an ocean going vessel really. JW is keen to arrange a charter early next year. These cats will take up to 12 people and some have the galley on the bridge deck! JW was back from Road Town in short order having obtained lifts with no difficulty and has managed to book a ferry trip to the US Virgin Islands - 40 minutes away - and then direct flights from there to Miami to connect with their existing booking home.They will leave here at 1500 on Tuesday - overnight in the US Virgin Islands thence onward the following morning. Osprey will wait until the weather between the islands improves which is forecast for Thursday and head off down to Falmouth in Antigua.

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