Last night at Prickly Bay Marina there was an event hosted by the Grenada Marine Association. They asked boaters to fill out a survey (NOT done by Frank N. Magid Associates) and in order to get people to actually fill it out – they bribed us with prizes. The top prize was a $100 gift certificate to Island Water World (a chandlery similar to West Marine). And they drew our boat name as the winner. The good news – we won. The bad news it was in EC dollars not US dollars. But hey- that’s about $37 – we haven’t made that much money since last year. We will spend it wisely (of course we probably spent more than that on beer last night at the event – and feeling it this morning).
It was a fun event- though always dangerous when our new friends (who love to party) are around. Jack, our St. Petersburg friend aboard Anthem also arrived in Prickly Bay – so that always means trouble. He did catch a tuna and invited us for dinner tonight (but then remembered it was burger night on Wednesday – so changed his mind). Hopefully the fish will still be safe to eat by Thursday.
The last few days have been very busy onboard. Michael went up the mast to check things out (meaning Barbara had to get him up there – luckily he’s getting quite thin!). He also installed a new light on the aft deck – for safety as well as ease of getting on and off the boat after dark. We also changed the headsail sheets; cleaned out and reorganized the lazarettes; both headsail and mainsail furlers have been cleaned and checked; and lots of little projects cleaning, checking and organizing.
Now we watch the weather for an opportunity to move on to Venezuela’s out islands. (Though no complaints after hearing what Mark N. is getting in the Bering Sea-he wins the worst weather competition.)
Today – more errands. We need to sweat a lot today!!!
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment