For once we got reciprocity at the Edgar town Yacht
club, so we booked dinner for 6.30, that’s the only time they had left that
evening….
I was looking forward to having time to get dressed up
as it’s a formal dining room, with jacket and tie for men etc. Had to go to Jack
Wills to buy a tie for David. But all went to pot, after such a storm
and downpour, when we had left the
forward hatches open and also our hatches over our bed, the boat was awash with
water. We had 1.5 hours before the
meal to strip the boat and bedding off the beds, the mattresses were even wet
through. I pegged all the sheets
outside as it was now lovely and hot but the only trouble the humidity was
through 96% so it was impossible to get fully dry. It was a rush.
The time came to get ready and the hair would not go
right, i put makeup on for the first time for a while and my dress on, I was
still pleased with the results I could still look and feel good not like a
sailor if I tried. Next into the
RIB as we had to dingy ashore, the sea had still not settled down, the hair was
now back to its normal windblown style and the dress, luckily it was splash
proof. I think we will be
getting a bigger RIB for the next season.
The dining room was quite formal and busy, we had a
lovely waitress for the evening and she loved our accents and loved London… We had a starter of Oysters and Beef
tenderloin with asparagus for our main course all of course washed down with a
bottle of red wine. I had a glass of champagne with my starter and helped David
finish the Red with my steak, both dishes were very good. We even had the naval officers arrive at
the dock in all their whites, they were sailing around the islands in
competitions for the summer season, all very nice young lads. They reminded me of my wedding night
when David dressed up as a Naval Officer ….what a romantic!!
On our way back to the boat, I had remembered the torch
and cloth to wipe the seats, it was typical the dingy ride back to the boat was
flat calm…
Sunday morning after a leisurely morning, speaking to
Helen and Andrew, they both have had great holiday’s we moved further round
Martha’s Vineyard to Vineyard Haven where we will spend a few days before we go
to Newport, Rhode Island.
