Bequia - Admiralty Bay - Day 13
Rainmaker
Donald Macdonald
Fri 9 Apr 2021 19:28
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La Soufriere volcano that erupted this morning about 20
miles north of us on St Vincent we have not seen anything of the plume of rocks,
dust etc thrown 20,000ft up in to the atmosphere as we have relatively low cloud
today and vey muggy. We do not expect to get any of the dust falling on us
either as winds taking it west. If it is still going tomorrow and clouds have
gone we may see it when sailing north towards Antigua.
This morning some little jobs done before what we expect
to be up to a 48 hour sail north. The winds have died down a lot and on Sunday
the wind forecast to move NE so may need some tacks put in.
1. As the sea fairly calm today
unclipped the lower jubilee clamps on the rudder stock so could clean and add
some silicon grease to see if the water leak/drip from there can be stopped when
sailing. If not a fix will need to be more drastic before trip back across
Atlantic.
2. The aft locker tidied and
repacked so we can get all the sails in there and the deflated
dinghy.
3. Forward part of bilges dried
and cleaned. Horrible job.
Just come back from Customs and Immigration having
cleared out of SVG with paperwork that sates will leave at 8 am
Saturday.
Blogs should continue on trip north as long as the
Redbox and satellite phone all connect and I remember how to do it. We would
like to arrive in English Bay quarantine area by 8 am on Monday then we may get
a visit that day from the port authorities to give us the current protocols for
testing and how long we will be at anchor there.
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