Sunday Awesome Sunday

Okay, the internet has it’s places.

There was a couple of boat chores to be done today, all easy and not highly necessary. We fixed our connection to the shore power so that we could get more

“p’s”, set up the forward port cabin for it’s new inhabitants and create a “spa” feeling in the port 3’x4′ head. We also installed the aft shower,

something that I have been wanting to do since we left Turkey. The last time it was used we ran out of water because it was leaking into the port enginge

compartment. So it today we took a saw to a perfectly good boat and made a larter hole in the stern that will accomodate the new outdoor shower.

Huh.. cut a hole???? Okay its in an non water tight location. 1.5 hours later and the new aft shower hole was functional, but it was also time to

“surprise” Shawn and Sharon at the airport.

The Taxi’s say its about an hour, the local’s say if you get lost it could take up to 3hrs, my Garmin/Google maps say they island is less than 30 miles

long, who are the locals kidding.

So we drive on the worng side of the road, on the wrong side of the car, on a one lane highway with little to no passing. Non locals are scared to drive

(read “me”) … so its much longer than expected.

The roads are washed out, its up and down the mountainous hills, with blind shoulders and wet roads. Necl and shoulders need a massage after todays trip up

and over to the furthest part of St Lucia.

The joys of the internet, Shawn checked the at blog while aboard the airplane, 34,000 feet above the ground, and figured out that we were going go pick them

up in the rental car. Thank goodness, as their plane was 40 minutes early, they breezed through customs and luggage and were waiting for over an hour for

us. Christine and I were within 4 minutess of them bailing on us and catching a Taxi to the marina. All ends well, we found them, they were still waiting

for us, we didn’t run out of gas (even though we were dangerously close to doing so for several miles), we didn’t fall off the cliff, hit a cow, or run over

any locals, etc….

It has been an awesome day, Shawn/Sharon Skyped the family, we had a nice dinner… looking forward to tomorrow’s movement!

Sunday Lucky Sunday

Okay, the internet has it’s places.

There was a couple of boat chores to be done today, all easy and not highly necessary. Installed the aft shower, something that I have been wanting to do since turkey and we ran out of water because it was leaking, so it was the day to take a saw and cut into a perfectly good boat to make a larger hole???

Huh.. cut a hole???? Okay its in an non water tight location. 1.5 hours later and the new aft shower hole was functional, but it was also time to “surprise” shawn and sharon at the airport.

The Taxi’s say its about an hour, the local’s say if you get lost i could take 3hrs, my Garmin/Google maps say they island is less than 30 miles long, who are the locals kidding.

So we drive on the worng side, its one lane, there is barely any passing, non locals are scared to drive (read “me”) … so its much longer than expected.

The road is washed out, its up and down the mountains. Shoulders need a massage after todays trip up and over to the far part of St Lucia.

The joys of the internet, Shawn checked the at blog 34,000 feet from the ground, while aboard the airplane and figured out that we were going go pick him up in the rental car. Worked out good, except that Christine and I were withing about 4 mins of the bailing on us and catching a Taxi to the marina. All ends well, we found them, they were still there, we didn’t run out of gas getting to the south airport, etc….

It has been an awesome day, Shawn/Sharon Skyped the family, we had a nice dinner… looking forward to tomorrows movement!

St Lucia with a hangover crew

Crew was slow to rise this morning as would be expected when staying up past cruisers midnight, which is 9pm. Since I was up first a quick trip to the marina store for some much needed water for the crew. Even with the late rousing, we still had an projected filled fun day.

Picked up the propane, the laundry, picked up and repacked the fixed spinnakers, checked the lines, raised the jib, put the engine on the dingy, got the dingy started, tried to get bbq working – no dice, so christine bought be a new one for my bday. Re-organized the boat manuals, washed a fender that was marring the fresh polish and wax. and an expensive trip to the supermarket, and jello shots made.

We took a dingy ride after getting it started, doing some exploring we found a dingy dock to the grocery store and a couple o waterfront restaraunts we didn’t know existed. Found a pizza place near the water and thats where we had dinner, some pretty decent deep dish pizza.

Even squeeked in a couple games of dominos after dinner on the boat, we are pretty much all ready. Only one more project for Sunday is to replace the aft deck shower with a new unit thats been on board since the canaries as the old one leaks.

Since we still have the rental car, Christine and Myself are going to pick up Shawn and Sharron at the airport with cold beverages in hand. So more fun driving on the wrong side of the road.