After a little of an adventure IN the harbour we have arrived safe and sound!
Timeless
Mon 21 Apr 2014 16:29
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We are now safely berthed at the ‘St Georges Dingy Yacht Club’.
The berths are managed by the Bermuda Yacht Services people.
We arrived at 8.00am this morning, tired and ready for land.
The channel entering St Georges Harbour with a reasonable swell in the sea
and 20 plus knots blowing on the side of the boat was a little challenging but
all was fine.
Then we HAD to check in at the “Immigration and Yacht Reporting Centre”.
This was in a narrow dead- end with the wind blowing us off the dock. Then the
aft line got caught in the partly rotten post on the jetty and would NOT let go.
This meant releasing the line from the boat to retrieve at another time.
It also meant that the wind blew us like pendulum across the channel making us
do a 3 point turn – ugh!
Still – we did it all o/k and now we are enjoying a well deserved beer, a
sleep and another great meal from Les!
Hey! We might even get to look around Bermuda next.
After this trip, this captain congratulates his
amazing crew, Bob Dowling and Lesley!
For their endurance, seamanship and never allowing a
potential crisis get in the way of a perfectly good solution.
..and Bob
Greenhalgh back in Toronto for his amazing research, and
coordination.
(for more details you’ll need to talk to
me personally..)
Now. Where’s that beer!
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