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Whisper
Noel Dilly
Sat 1 Dec 2012 16:16
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"We Have Arrived - 1st December"
We arrived in St Lucia yesterday afternoon and
guess what? We had no sooner tied up and were getting ourselves organised when
the heavens opened! Not just a light summer shower but a tropical
downpour. We arrived at the harbour office dripping wet and completely
bedraggled. After filling in the necessary forms we then moved on to the
Immigration Office, followed by Customs leaving a trail of water behind
us. The very austere Immigration Officer studied our form and
questioned our port of departure, which we confirmed was La Gomera.
"You have been a long time" he commented, much to our amusement.
We explained that we were only a small ship.
Once all the formalities were complete, as we were
soaked from our preliminary showers in the warm tropical downpour, we decided
that a Rum Punch was most definitely needed next to celebrate our
achievement. Two jugs later, it was time for more orthodox showers.
Never before has a shower felt quite so good, I was more than relieved to
get rid of my birds nest hair. A snooze, followed by dinner ashore and then
a very good nights sleep ended our very long journey.
Today, is a work day completing many small repair
jobs. The sun is shining, Whisper's canopy is up and the wind chute is
over the forepaw hatch creating a lovely cool breeze. So far not a rain
cloud in sight! Life is good!
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