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Lynn & Mike ..around the world
Mike Drinkrow & Lynn v/d Hoven
Sat 29 Nov 2008 12:31
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11:59.74N 61:45.83W
Prickly Bay, Grenada
We left Trinidad on Wednesday morning, heading north -
with the intention of continuing up to Union Island. The trip was going well,
when Mike announced that he had a loose tooth - the same 'implant' that
gave him trouble in Cape Town. A little later, I was dozing in the cockpit when
I was awoken to a pair of pliers in my face, holding the offending tooth. He
pulled it out! Gross - but Mike is much happier and so is his jaw, now
that it is out.
 The wind and waves were not in our favour and rather than
do a lengthy tack, we decided to use the engines and head to Prickly
Bay. We did the last 15nm without sails, and motoring on both
engines which allowed us to arrive before 10pm. Thank goodness for all that
cheap fuel from Trinidad. Arriving in any port at night is a little daunting,
and we had bit of a scare a few miles out, when a small
freighter appeared out of nowhere right in front of us - the lights of
Grenada had totally disguised this boat. It passed a few hundred meters in front
of us.
As we know Prickly Bay quite well now, Mike was able to
navigate easily through all the boats on anchor and find us a secure spot for
the night.
 We will be here for a few days and then continue our trip
up north - aiming to be in Bequia before the 8th of December. We have a local
telephone here for the next few months - the number is +1 473 414 8539. Feel
free to call or text us on this number.
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