Talulah's Log
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Paul & Anette Morris
Mon 19 Mar 2007 20:27
position "11:59.840N
061:45.701W"
Monday 19th March
2007
The last few days were
odd. Hog Island had a load of boats anchored with folks who had been
living on the boats in the same anchored position for 4 years or more in some
cases. They all had 'jobs' ashore, had not moved at all (even in hurricane
Ivan!), and kept their own countenance. We barbecued with them
on Sunday, and found it very strange how they lived on yachts and yet very
rarely put to sea in them.
We came around from Hog
Island this morning - via a long detour south to try out the sails which hadn't
been used for a couple of months; and were 'rewarded' by the sight of some
broken bungee cords fastening the sail to the track cars on the
mast. This was no real issue and we fixed them once we anchored
later. But the sailing was great as we blasted along on a beam reach
at 9 knots in 25 knots of wind from the east. Perfect!
The sea was running a 2 to 3 metre swell, and breaking into the cockpit as we
crashed along. We thought of carrying on to Trinidad, but turned about
after a while as we have other great things on our
minds......Bob and Denise, our good
buddies are coming down form the US, to sail with us for 10 days, and we're
really looking forward to seeing them and having fun
together.
We're anchored in
Prickly Bay at the moment, having just gone alongside for some fuel (expensive
here). We have Wifi access (Yaay!) and suddenly the 'rest of the
world' is a little closer. There are 'live-aboards' here too, but
the difference is that these folks appear to sail - a lot! With
yachts from places like the US, Australia and New Zealand, as well as more than
a liberal sprinkling of yachts from Europe - mainly
UK.
Rogers Beach bar again -
and the sight of a great 'Barby'
Aftermath of the
'Barby'.......!
Anette trying to take us
all to Trinidad