Christy and Perry Saving the World

Today we have some retail chores to do on foot. We start at a reasonable time and walk to the bank, then Ace, then Budget. While at Budget we book a haulout with Spice Island in October. They make it clear they have no staff to do any work but at least we have the…

Thought we might be sore/tired from the Hash but we’re OK and decide to join the Walking Club. It’s especially attractive since they’re just going to The Brewery for breakfast which we’ve heard is very good. We meet them at 8:00 am, a good-sized group and we travel the Prickly Bay YC route – a…

Given the choice between The Cove grill night and The Hash we choose the Hash, it will be our last one for many months. Call Abby and he will pick us up at Secret Harbour at 2:15 pm. It’s a fairly long ride there, almost Grenville but goes through Grand Etang instead of the coast…

Pretty quiet night at Clarke’s – we thought we’d hear the blasting from Nimrod’s but although we could hear a bit of music, it was very faint. Fairly calm winds overnight too so pretty comfortable yet not too hot. I rouse Christy at 6:30 am as the winds are low and it’s a good time…

Clarke’s opens at 7:30 am but we’d like to be there just after 8:00 am. We talked to Jose the other day who said to call him on the radio as we get close. We tow the dinghy behind us and try out the channel that runs beside Hog Island instead of going directly out…

The welders told me the bar on the davit broke because I always loaded the motor end on that side. So in my wisdom, and not wanting to stress the side that is broken already, I loaded the dinghy the other way around before bedtime. What’s the harm? The lines I use to haul it…

As early as practicable I call Silvio the welder who is renowned in these parts. He asks where we are, says he knows Milu and shockingly he comes out to see us immediately, perhaps Jim and Amanda’s influence did help. We talk about what is to be done and decide that if we can get…

Liz’s last day in Grenada so we spend the morning getting ready and generally taking it easy. It has been an action-packed 9 days and we’re somewhat grateful for the overcast skies so there is no pressure to do anything. Around 11:30 am we head in to Secret Harbour for lunch and so Christy and…

A pretty nasty morning, very overcast and rains hard off and on. To some degree we don’t mind a bit of a rest day but we had hoped to show Hog Island on a Sunday (BBQs and music) but it is not looking good. It’s looking OK to try the Walking Club, so a bit…

Pretty much our entire trip from Portsmouth has been designed around getting back to Grenada in time for Liz to experience the Saturday Hash. At first I thought it would be a bit rushed, we would end up in Grenada with too much time on our hands and who knows if the Hash would be…