Nov. 13, 2008 - Free at last

Bye bye sweaty Trinidad - we slipped quietly out of Scotland Bay,  our overnight anchorage in the north of the Island and despite dire warnings that the trip can be quite uncomfortable, we had a great sail to Grenada.  Some quite impressive tidal rips and confused seas, could have been a problem if there had been any wind. In fact we had to motor most of the way but managed the whole leg in just over 10 hours, despite being offshore it was the hottest I have ever been.

The photos show the new arrangement at the back with the solar panels and davits, and it looks like they are going to save us a load of hassle with the dinghy and generate more amps which is always a good thing.  The new golf cart batteries seem to be performing much better than the old ones (note Troutbridge) . Our new twin fishing rod arrangement worked within an hour as can be seen (an 8Lb Mahi Mahi)  it didn’t help that both rods took a bite at the same time (must have been a flock of them), but luckily only one was hooked.  The ungrateful thing them bled absolutely everywhere all over the cockpit and we were still cleaning the cockpit the next day.  However Fi and I are going to have to have a serious chat, as she then forbade me to catch any more – some sad excuse about making more mess and the fridge being already full.

We are currently in Prickly Bay and it was great to immediately bump into our Canadian drinking buddies from last season who were also meant to be staying away until after Christmas and we have an RNSA boat behind us already threatening us with beer. Its like we were never away!!