21 47N 72 13W

Osprey
John Bowering
Tue 20 May 2008 23:16

Charles excelled himself at making breakfast this morning – he must have a good mum – someone trained him! Blueberry pancakes no less along with generous helpings of honey. We then had to rest of course before doing a basic on deck clean up of Osprey. This only took half an hour with the odd swim interspersed, and Charles the returned to Wilbur Smiths Blue Horizon before launching the dinghy into race mode. I have some great pictures of the dinghy airborne and in full flight. We left our beautiful Island at about 1200 and headed for Turtle Cove. The wind was with us and with only the Genoa we smoked along. It was a great sail. It was only ten miles and we were quickly at the entrance to the lagoon. We had arranged for a “Blind Guide” dog to be sent out to help pilot us in and even though we followed in his track diligently we still grounded on one sand bar. Fortunately we were traveling fast enough to “skip” over it.  We really are on the top end of size to get in here. The entrance to the marina is very narrow and we could not have turned around had we had to. Straight to the fuel dock where we cleared customs and paid our dues before filling up the fuel tanks. Then we had a tricky little trip around to a berth where we now are head in to the dock – the berth is really too small for us but with a little help from Charles aquatic skills when he dove into the water to position a stern line we are now safely tied up – albeit with some minor varnish repairs to do at first light and before Anita see it. Spoke to Anita who is now in Fort Lauderdale and heading out to dinner with the Richardson’s. She and Geoff should arrive here tomorrow in time for lunch with Charles before his flight.