St.Lucia, day 1 – Soufriere
Monday 26 Mar: A rather disturbed sleep last night: several anchor alarms (we use DragQueen app when unsure of the holding or if wind is too shifty), rain, yogurt alarm and slapping…
Monday 26 Mar: A rather disturbed sleep last night: several anchor alarms (we use DragQueen app when unsure of the holding or if wind is too shifty), rain, yogurt alarm and slapping…
Sunday, 25 Mar: Very early rise this morning at 5:45am. It’s not even light yet! Told you we “work” 7 days a week, and even more intensely so during weekends it seems!…
Saturday 24-March: Despite our late night, we were up early in the morning to chase down our elusive refrigeration engineer. His phone is still not answering. We know he hasn’t deserted us…
Friday 23-March: Selwin, the fridge technician, cannot come again until evening, so it looks like a lazy day doing admin. First job, putting the over-boom full sunshade back on. We had removed…
Thursday 22-March: Equinox today – the sun is at the equator, just 13deg to the south of us. No wonder the days are warming up. Glen wakes early to check the fridge…
Wednesday 21-March: Our day starts with breakfast cereal with warm milk. Uh-oh…that means the fridge isn’t working. Almost all boats with fridges have fridge problems. We have 2 fridges and a freezer,…
Tuesday 20-March: It was quite loud in the aft cabin last night. Even with our usual ear plugs in, the waves slapping on the underside of the hull seemed to challenge our…
Monday 19-March: We awake to our new view, moored in the channel between Young Island and the mainland of St.Vincent. It’s a clear morning and we can see all the way up…