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Whisper
Noel Dilly
Fri 7 Dec 2012 16:15
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"Mustique - 5th December"
We had a glorious mornings sail to Mustique picking
up a buoy in Britannia Bay. We were only going to stop for lunch but
decided to stay overnight. Mustique is nicknamed Billionaires' Island,
renowned for its famous and wealthy residents - Princess Margaret, Mick Jagger,
Racquel Welsh, David Bowie to name a few. After lunch we pumped up the
dinghy and Mick rowed me ashore in search of a Rum n Raisin ice cream at Basil's
Bar - a multi roofed wooden structure built on pillars above the beach and
hanging out over the sea. We landed at a wooden jetty and walked up to the
closed small wooden Harbour Office. A board hanging on the wall gave a
list of rules to be obeyed whilst visiting the island, ie bathing costumes to be
worn only on the beach; no nudists etc. More importantly there was a list
of the mooring buoy fees by boat size. The rates were fixed for a duration
of three nights (no one night stands here), the first size of yacht was 0-70
feet, as Whisper is 36 feet, that was our rate. I was amazed to see that
it was EC200, not bad for three nights, but we were only staying for one
night. Thinking that our skipper would not want to stay overnight we
quickly carried on the Basil's Bar - no Rum n Raisin ice cream! One
Vanilla ice cream and a small beer (for the princely sum of £7.50) later,
we returned to Whisper. As we did not have enough day light time to go on
to the island of Canouan, our next planned visit, our skipper decided to "pay up
and grow good" when the Mooring Master called by. We did try to negotiate
a one night fee but he was adamant, I guess he was just doing his job and
had no choice in the matter. It is as well that we had not ventured to the
Cotton Club located in another bay on the island, one really does have to be a
millionaire to frequent it. Expensive as it may have seemed to us, it is
fun to say that we have visited this beautiful and famous
island.
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