St. Kitts - Ballast bay and Basseterre
Yacht Ariel
Henry Adams
Mon 3 Mar 2008 23:43
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17:17.5N, 62:43.5W
As the nice american lady who sold me my new solar
shower said: 'watch out - it'll burn your heiney' Sounds painful. I'm not sure what one of them is, but it certainly
does the trick after a day's getting salty and sun-dried.
anyway, showers aside, onto St. Kitts, which though
twinned with Nevis I found delightful. Who knows? maybe I'm getting used
to sailing solo. One windy night at anchor in the south of the island, far
from the madding town lights and pumping reggae bars, then two nights in the
cheapest marina so far. sorted. more (real) showers, water tanks full, clothes
washing done, new friends on a big yacht made (roast lamb! wow!) (hangover!
ow!).
also, caught a fish on the way over from Nevis,
making my grand-master-of-the-seas total of 3 fish this year. After some lengthy
perusal of the on board guides, it was identified as a 'yellow jack', which
turns out to be about the most risky fish to eat due to ciguatera poisoning. but
that didn't stop me, oh no - it just made me curry it and add extra spice to
vaguely kill the toxins (?), thus destroying the taste and not relieving my
paranoic body's twitches, itches and rumblings. I'll be damned if i don't
eat free food! (it was fine, actually)
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