Friday, 16 Feb: We resumed boom lights job early morning, but realized the electric cable in the boom is just a little too short. So ashore we go, to buy some longer electric cable. The shops here in St.David’s Bay (Grenada Marine boat yard) don’t have any, so we order some from town to be delivered in the afternoon. At the Turbulence sail loft they are doing a good job on the bimini, so we decide to also take off spray top and give it to them for a few minor improvements along with the bimini. Looks like it’s going to be another working day!
As we head back to the boat we take a detour and tootle in the dinghy along the wild shore of St.David’s Bay, taking in the mangroves and wildlife.
Back onboard, with no bimini or spray hood, it’s unbearably hot on deck and zero shade. So it’s inside jobs only until bimini if finished. Glen attacks the day fridge, to put a sealant rubber strip along the metal frame to hopefully finally fix the condensation issue we’ve been having with it. There is always a small pool of water below the bottom of the door.
In the heat of the day, we pick up the bimini and spray top. But the two core electric cable was unfortunately not delivered, so finishing the LED fitting will have to wait for few more days. As soon as the shades are back in place the boat cools down again. Such a welcomed relief from sun.
After a late lunch we pick up anchor, along with an impressive amount of mud! Then head off for the next bay west. We motor, with no sails up as it’s very tricky to navigate in-between the many reefs and shallow, in swell that must be 2-3 meters high. The first 2 bays are too tricky so we actually ended up going for the 3rd bay west, Egmont Harbour.
Immediately after we are in, the swell and waves die down. The shoreline is very pretty, with lush mountains in the background and just few houses scattered along the inlet. We end up anchoring inside a small lagoon called Port Egmont. It has the reputation of being the best “hurricane hole” in Grenada and we can see why. A hurricane hole is where you take your boat to anchor when a hurricane comes. It provides the best possible protection.
Glen has promised Oana a quiet anchorage tonight where we can sleep without CB surging in the swell and no annoying lapping on the stern. This lagoon seems just perfect for that. But after anchoring in this peaceful place, as we sip a cup of tea in the cockpit, we hear dogs barking on both shores. Then loud rumbling trucks on the nearby road and finally we seem to be on the flight path to the airport! Oana jokes “a quiet night, eh Glen?!”
There are no attractions ashore, so dinghy doesn’t leave the davids this evening and we have a quiet time in the cool breeze in the cockpit, watching and editing the videos we took two days ago during the upwind sailing from True Blue Bay to St.David’s.
No swell coming in the lagoon, and no lapping in the stern. It will be a very peaceful night.
