Grenada - Clarke's Court Marina
Rainmaker
Donald Macdonald
Tue 26 Jan 2021 19:16
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Little bit of excitement this morning in that when I
went on deck about 10.30 to get boat ready for sea and John was reading his book
up there noticed the dinghy no linger on the foredeck. It was there an hour
earlier because I had been examining the wear on the base of it. It would have
blown to the shire behind but I noticed it was tied to a boat 2 down from us, it
was also upside down. Not sure how John missed it taking flight. We waited about
15 minutes for a dinghy to come near us and asked if they would retrieve it from
where it was tied up. We got it back and on deck without any drama. Still to
examine it for any new damage.
We pulled the anchor up, with the wind blowing I had to
motor forward to get chain in and to break the hold that was very secure. The
trip around here just under 4nm we motored in to the wind and a fairly big
choppy sea, need more revs than normal for me to get 3 knots. Lots of reefs to
navigate around which we need to use the tablet as do not have detail chart of
area on the plotter. Now at Clarke's Court Marina which is really for haul outs
with the large 242 tonne hoist and very large boat parking area which is still
75% full as people have not launched and most still tied down to the hurricane
blocks. Tomorrow will do the pedestal removal hopefully too many big problems
with items not wanting to come apart and I have enough correct tools for the
job.
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