Mustique
Sarah Grace goes to sea
Chris Yerbury and Sophy White
Tue 10 Jan 2006 12:52
Mustique January 10th
2006
We finally decided to come
to Mustique after sailing past it twice. We had a five hour upwind beat
into twenty five knot winds to get here.
On the way we were fishing
and had a huge strike on the line. Chris could not pull it in, and was
shouting,'Clear the decks, move the ropes, get some gloves, it feels bigger than
Bob(the dinghy)'. The line started curving in front of the stern,
overtaking the boat. We then saw that the other end was attached to the
Italian yacht 'Roma'............It had been picked up as they crossed our stern,
and we had to cut them free, and lose a load of tackle.
Didn't catch anything else
yesterday.
Mustique has the general
feeling of being within the bounds of a country club: mowed lawns, everyone
driving around in little golf carts, a Disney Carribbean set. The lawns
have loads of roving wild tortoises, which is fun. A leg of lamb
in the local supermarket, where there is a grave danger of bumping into a
celebrity, costs $238 EC, which is about £65. I bought four apples for
five pounds yesterday.
Basil's Bars is one hundred
yards from the boat. We can hear their live music from onboard, no Mick
Jagger yet, though apparently he is around.
On the Cays there are
dozens of wild turtles grazing the eel grass, and we have all spent time
snorkeling with them. It is great to see them flying through the
sea.
Otti says: ' It is sunny
here. All my friends are here. This morning a mynah bird landed on
the boat, and we fed in corn beef from the hand. Koshlong and Regina are
here which is really good. I have my own cabin back, as Mimi is so
annoying, it's nice to have my own space. That's it.'
Mimi says: 'Having great
fun, seeing turtles, swimming all the time, miss you all, can you tell aunty
Jenny is Toffee (Mimi's mouse) alright?'
Chris says: ' Did you write
about going upwind yesterday Soph?' Really enjoyed seeing turtles
underwater swimming along and eating the seaweed with Otti and Mimi.
Yesterday's upwind slog reminded us how easy thousands of miles of downwind has
been. Downwind sailing for the next three thousand miles please.
Steve was waved goodbye to
in Canouan three days ago, and we miss his help on board, I have to do all the
dinghy hauling with Chris now.
We will send loads of
pictures if we can hook into the Mustique wifi
zone.