Let's party!
'Sarf & West mate, Sarf & West'
Pete Bernfeld
Wed 11 Mar 2009 11:36
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Well,
we had our 'soiree' last night. A total of 11
people on the boat, which is certainly the most so far in the Caribbean. Can't
remember boat names/peoples names too well this morning, but there was Lois
& Derek (Canadian) off a pretty Tayanama 37. Derek works for the
charter company that rented the boats out for the OCC rally in Vancouver last
year, so he and Helen had a lot to chat about! There was a couple off a
Bermudan-registered Oyster 56 and an American Oyster 56 with three onboard (the
boats travelling in company).
I braved the 'soupy water' of the bay and had a
look under the boat yesterday. I'm not surprised the log had stopped working,
barnacles everywhere!!! I managed to clean most of the 'green slime' off the
waterline, but getting the rest of the huill clean will have to wait until
clearer waters. Off on a shopping expedition this morning. Apparently, there is
a petrol station just outside Trois Islets that has chicken! and BEER!!! Yes,
the strike is still alive and well in Martinique, allthough now over in
Guadeloupe. Due to the exchange rate, the French Islands are very expensive, I
spent E40 on getting a medium sized padlock, three eyes spliced into a couple of
lengths of wire and a small stick of Loctite. The only cheap thing about the
shopping trip occurred when the lady in the 'not so' supermarket in Les Trois
Islets forgot to include 2 dozen eggs on the bill. No butter to be had anywhere
and so far no meat.
According to 'Eric the Weather' this morning, the
NNE swells and wind will remain until late Sunday night, so by the sound of it
we'll up sticks and move up to St Pierre on Monday, then up to Dominica early
Tuesday morning. The morning radio schedule is now getting quite crowded with
Eric at 0630 (local), then the OCC net at 0730 and finally the Coconut Telegraph
at 0800. After that lot, I need to go back to bed!!!!!!!! Still, up with the sun
then back to bed when the moon rises (how boring).
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