Mar. 12, 2009 - Lifes a beach (actually quite a few)
We bailed out of Falmouth and finally made it around to the South East part of the Island, which is normally a rather hard into wind slog but for once was quite pleasant. We anchored behind Green Island for a couple of days which was delightful (apart from the lunchtime 'party cat' of tourists). Unfortunately my propellor started vibrating and on examination a bit that 'never falls out' - er, fell out. Luckily I was able to use our satphone to order some spares and Dai will be bringing them on Sunday. A temporary bodge was in order but I didn't have the right size bolt. Luckily Maltese Falcoln did - the little one (see earlier entry) not the superyacht and that resulted in a few beers and new friends. Note: they are really from Malta and they had the name first !!
Nice trip back resulted in a really good Barracuda which I had to throw back as this far North in the Islands there is too much risk of ciguaterra a rather nasty toxin which many of the fish have. You really don't want to get it and so a potential supper was released to fight another day.
We are now in Mamora bay which is another beach but rather more developed - (see photo). It is actually rather a nice resort hotel, not sure about being hit twice in a few seconds by a kid in a Hoby Cat, who clearlt didn't know how to sail! Luckily there was no damage. On to English harbour or even nelson Dockyard this afternoon depending on how crowded the anchorage is. We have a date with some Dutch friends for a few beers tonight and then 'crew changeover' at the weekend, before setting off to St lucia again via the French islands, which apparrently are no longer on strike. Wonder how long it will take to get food back in the shops!!
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