14th April - Simpsons Bay Marina, St Maarten 18:02.050N 063:05.388W
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Noel Dilly
Mon 15 Apr 2013 00:46
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"Simpsons Bay Marina - 14th April"
Another day spent getting ready for our departure
on Tuesday. Noel has done all the engine, rigging checks, set up the inner
forestay and generally made sure everything is sound. I spent some time
going through our food stores, to see just what we have one board. A good
exercise, I think we have enough to feed an army. When Tony was on board
he was ace at making our meals from scratch with the fresh vegetables we
purchased before we left the Canaries. Since we have been in the Caribbean
we have eaten fresh foods, so consequently we have nearly all the tins which
we purchased in the UK, including 3 Fray Bentos Pies! I am
sure these will be enjoyed somewhere on our passage. We also have
enough tins of Corned Beef to make 7 meals of Corned Beef Hash (including 2 cans
of Baked Beans to go with it, sorry Michael there are still no sausages in the
beans!). I laughed as I unearthed numerous cans
of Sardines, remembering that when we
used to sail with our dear friend Piero, there was always numerous cans of
Simental on board. Noel sent him a text telling him this and he replied
immediately that now he stores Caviar! We fell about laughing, he is very
quick witted.
All stores listed and armed with another list of
short comings and necessities we went to the supermarket and are now
stocked up and ready to leave on Tuesday. The long range weather forecast
looks good, winds from the east occasionally south east force 4, which will
push us nicely north to Bermuda on the next leg of our adventure.
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