Christmas message and update from a Relaxing FALBALA
The EJ's Voyage
Mike Everton-Jones
Wed 24 Dec 2008 22:13
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Hi There Everybody!!!!
Yes we are alive and very well ,the blog has taken
second place since we arrived as there are so many things to do now
we are attached to the land!
For those who followed our blog ,we hope you
enjoyed it and shared a bit of the great experience. We will be updating the
blog but whilst we are just island hopping it won't be daily but we'll try
our best
Our arrival in Rodney Bay was great, fantastic
,brilliant and quite emotional as we crossed the line and started the
engine .Well done crew you were great!!! On the quay to meet us were
Malcolm and Irene with Champagne and the ARC people with rum punch and a steel
drum musician. So you can imagine that having finished a 05:17 hrs the rest
of the day was a bit of blur. It was great to just go and have a walk along the
quay even though it was rolling and the boat seemed steady after so long at
sea.
We spent a week in Rodney Bay doing the party
circuit and then we said good bye to Scutch as he flew back to IOM and his
family for Christmas. From his lovely emails since getting back he seems to
confirm that he enjoyed it tremendously and was really happy to have achieved a
life long ambition . Well done and thanks again.
On leaving for Marigo Bay and our Christmas
berth we had a generator that didn't hunt (I managed to service it and it seems
to have done the trick) and a spinnaker and Yankee in the sail loft being
repaired so that new spinnaker is on hold for the time being (thank
goodness as they are not cheap). As I write this the sails are now
back on board and the bill wasn't too bad .
We had a very nice sail just two hour down to Marigot Bay with a
couple of great reaches. Bob the marina manager was on the quay to greet us. It
was great to see him after two year since our last visit to Marigot. The berth
is fantastic. Hope to attach a picture of us in the bay . Mark and GULLIVER
followed us round and the boats are now happily side by side in the marina
as we have done on so many previous years cruises.
The Christmas tree is up on the aft deck
causing every one passing by to smile, say Hi and in a lot of cases
photographed. Presents are now wrapped and we are having a meal tonight together
with the GULLIVER crew less their skipper Mark who flew home to be with his
Mum for Christmas.Then just the four of us Catherine ,Malcolm ,Irene and
myself will join Jamie and Emma at their fab apartment with pool for a Full
Turkey Christmas meal (the Turkey made the crossing with us and is now
defrosting) tomorrow
Our plan then is to stay here until just after New
Year and when Jamie and Emma fly home we will sail north to
Martinique for a week. Neither Catherine nor I have visited there before.
So hopefully will have some good stories for the blog, then on up to
Dominica and Guadeloupe with the intention of being in Antigua for the
last week in January
We hope you all have a Fabulous Christmas and that
you get all you wish for in the New Year.
Love Kisses and Hugs to everyone ( choose
which one is appropriate for you personally)
Mike,Catherine ,Jamie ,Emma ,Malcolm and
Irene
P.S: we might be back soon with some Christmas
pictures!
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