October 5, 2014

We left Tyrrel Bay at 0730 and had a wonderful sail back to St. George, Grenada. The wind was perfect, the waves almost perfect, the temperature was warm and the sun was shining. A great day, arriving and setting anchor in St. George at 1400. Our home away from home!

October 6, 2014

A major laundry day, unfortunately three other people had the same idea. Three washers, one dryer, it was a long day!

Boat job - repairing a head lamp.

Approaching St. George from the anchorage.

Rainbow after rain.

October 7, 2014

One of the propane tanks needed refilling so we dinghied to the refuelling station and got that boat job accomplished. On the way to the refuelling station . . . Disney Magic had arrived.

Hurricane season must be drawing to a close, the cruise ships are appearing more frequently.

 

Next we started looking for availability in marinas for CS'ta Time for our next visit home in November. We spotted a Yamaha dealer en route to a marina so we stopped as we needed a new gear lever for the outboard, ours having broken a couple of weeks ago. Not being sure of the size, we decided to bring in the old part and compare them (no refund policy). We struck out at one marina as their policy was the owners had to be on board (not leaving the boat while they go away) due to hurricane season. Plan B, we checked with GYC and they had availability for us.

October 8, 2014

Back to the Yamaha dealer to buy the part after verifying the size was correct. We tried calling the marina that rejected us to book for one week, unfortunately no answer.

October 9, 2014

We were able to get through to the marina this morning and book for one week. Friends are staying at the resort there so it made sense to have the boat there for the week. Back to GYC to see if they had availability for different dates. The harbourmaster was away for 2 days, check with them when he returns. We might take the marina for 5 weeks rather than 4 weeks as Jorge is still suffering from fatigue and aches and pains from the Chikungunya. He finds it difficult raising the dinghy every night (security) and lowering it in the morning. This illness has really taken a toll on him. He still naps daily and is in bed early at night.

Not an exciting week, pretty low key. Weather is still very warm, 27C to 31C during the day, rain seems to be lessening a bit, maybe we are getting out of the rainy season.