After the provisions have been stowed away it is time for the captain to tear apart the quarter berth and work on the starting battery. This necessitates filling the salon with everything that is stored there as well as taking out the mattress. The good thing is that once this is done we can re-pack the quarter berth storage facility and re-think the things that we need to have handy.
We plan on leaving the dock tomorrow as our house bank of batteries are looking much better today. We will head east along the southern coast of Grenada and find a nice place to anchor where we can do some more work on the boat. Once again I remind everyone of the definition of cruising....fixing things in exotic places. The captain has some major wiring to do for our new radio which will create de bigger mess and involve lifting the salon table and the sole (floor) of the cabin. Then of course it will be time to service Sir Anthony Watermaker the Third and that involves taking the berth all apart and living with its mattress in the salon. Ya gotta love de cruisng way of life to live like dis!?!
Even the galley gets filled with assorted boat things....none of which are food.
Tonight we are meeting Sandy, a friend of ours from Bayfield and her family for a BBQ at Bananas Restaurant. We actually shared the ride to Toronto with her and flew down on the same flight. Her daughter Jodie married a Grenadian and she and Troy have been living here for about 12 years with their two daughters. They met in Ontario but Troy always wanted to come back to Grenada to live. As much as we like the warm weather both Rob and I would not want to live here all year round. We do love Canada and our dual life works really well right now.
Troy had never been on a sailboat like Celebrian until the other day in the boat yard. Today he is looking forward to seeing her in the water at the dock and hopefully looking better than she does in these pictures?
Rob, Troy, Sandy, Jodie and Zara enjoy sundowners in Celebrian's cockpit. Everyone enjoyed seeing her floating and looking much improved.
This picture shows the boat yard at Spice Island Marine Services. At the present time the yard is about half full and they can accommodate up to about 130 yachts up to 80 feet. Of course this is their busy season launching cruising boats. During the hurricane season from July through to October things slow down; however there is plenty of work being done on boats to keep the employees busy. The pink building in the background is Cool Running, the apartment where we stayed for the first five nights.
Celebrian is tied to the dock enjoying her all expense paid battery charging weekend. Notice the boat to the left of the picture. It is about 80 feet long and has been in the same place for over 8 months. Not only has it been on the hard there but the yard crew has been working on her. Can you imagine how much the bill will be for that boat? We pay about $600.00 a month to store Celebrian and we do all the work!?!?
In the background is Prickly Bay which is on the south coast of Grenada. We anchored out there last spring before we hauled out. There seems to be quite a good sized fleet of boats anchored here. We will head east and see how busy the anchorages are?
