Pitons Off The Port Bow
Tillymint.fortescue
Mon 21 Dec 2009 13:00
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Following the emotions and rum punch on Saturday
night there was a air of quiet calm around the marina on Sunday morning,
noiseless preparations for breakfast and onward voyages, bleary eyed crews
shaking off the inertia of 2 weeks attached to land. All aboard Tilly Mint woke
early, there is laundry to do, unpacking from our land lubber trip to Marigot
Bay and a spot of gentle provisioning for the day ahead. Alex and Nigel from
Discovery finished off a last test of the electronics, they are like
little boys with the best set of Meccano, that little glint in their eyes that
tells you that they are secretly most content with something broken that they
know they can fix. Nigel has worked wonders this week, Tilly Mint is wholly
restored after the injuries inflicted during the voyage and we can take our
beautiful boat sailing again.
As we have set the standard of not doing anything
too energetic before lunch we set off for a leisurely afternoon sail back
towards Jalousie Bay where we anchored last night. This is the beach that
we visited most often last week, the Pitons are old friends now and made for
spectacular companions to our morning coffee. Just time for a quick a quick swim
before weigh anchor. I could stop and chat but apparently the water is really
warm...sorry.....bye.....splash!
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