Today is Tuesday April 23rd and we are anchored once again in our favourite harbour boat yard of Port Egmont. It certainly is more pleasant working on the boat here than in the heat of the boat yard.
We had one of our best sails from Carriacou the other day. We anchored off of St. George's and then moved around to our favourite south Grenada harbour. Here we will stay until we go to Prickly Bay on Sunday to be ready for a Monday 8am haul out at Spice Island Marine Services. We will have a busy four days in the boat yard removing and re- greasing our anchor windless, working on the wheel brake, pulling out our hot water tank that seems to be leaking, re-bedding our forward hatch, scraping the bottom, and let's not forget making love to the batteries along with a multitude of other jobs. Then there is the usual bleach cleaning of the lockers in order to prevent mildew and the laundering of everything on the boat. We have three out of the four nights in the yard booked for Cool Runnings so I will have ample time to get our laundry done.
This picture shows Rob with our forward hatch which he had to remove and re-bed. This hatch is over our berth. Recently it has rained more and I have been experiencing a kind of Chinese torture of drips in through the hatch. It is a key hatch not only for the prevention of fresh water but it takes the brunt of salt water as well. Since putting it back in I am happy to say we have been staying high and dry.
These pictures show me doing provision inventory and cleaning.
Since so many of our goods are stored out of sight it is important to keep good notes on what we have. Sometimes we just reach in to a locker and see what we pull out and that is the vegetable of the day.
On our last bus trip to St. George's I stopped at White Cane Industries to pick up a tray that we had made for the cottage. White Cane Industries, originally known as the Blind shop, was opened in June 1960 by a social worker who trained blind and visually-impaired persons in basket weaving. In 1990 , the name was changed to White Cane Industries and over the years it has expanded to weaving of cane and straw baskets, trays, purses, mats and frames. It is White Cane's aim to provide persons with physical and intellectual/developmental disabilites in Grenada with essential independence skills as well as vocational training.
As you can see from the picture the people who work here enjoy what they do.
Finding clothing that is comfortable and light enough for this climate is a challenge. Most everything in the stores here is acrylic or polyester and there is not a cotton item to be found. Gratefully I found a tiny shop selling one hundred per cent cotton batik wear made on the premises.
This picture shows the first stages of mixing the dyes.
Upstairs these ladies were tracing out the pictures in a wax outline. Many of the designs are free form but there are also patterns of tropical fishes and turtles.
This lady was making a cushion cover from the ends of colourful fabric.
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