We got out of Port Louis about 9:20 this morning heading for LePhareBleu Marina with a stop off in Prickly Bay to drop of some of our excess frozen meat to some boaters in need - thanks for your help Glen (Blue Pearl).
The Dock Master in Port Louis is a jewel - helped us drop the two bow lines holding us off the concrete wall and we were on our way. I called Glen several times on VHF after we were off St Georges and finally made contact and switched to the Island wide Repeater on 66 to coordinate the food drop off. The trip around is OK till you come around Point Saline and then it is Shitty (notice the capital "S"), always is. This time though, as we came around the point, we lost NMEA data to the autopilot - I'm assuming it was from the Airport Radar as the problem cleared up once we were about 1 /4 mile East of Maurice Bishop Intl AP.
We came in to Prickly Bay and as has been our experience it is still "Prickly". Swell rolling in and it really does not matter where you are, you are going to roll. We came up behind Blue Pearl and Glen came out and picked up the frozen food and we were off. We came across a floating red fuel tank leaking fuel, a quart of oil and some oars as we moved on past Mt Hartman Bay but never heard or saw any other signs of a boat in distress.
We turned up into Phare Bleu Bay and made contact with the Marina on 16 and spoke with the dock master asking us to wait 5 minutes and he would send a boat out to help us in. We've been in here a bunch of times so did not think we needed any help - till we realized that the new outer dock is fixed and a new floating finger pier was situated about halfway down. We came in, tied up port side to and Colin made an emergency power cord so we have AC (AC power and Air Conditioning).
We washed/scrubbed the dinghy and took the staysail off and continued our haulout prep till is was near cocktail hour. Went in and our favorite bartender (Donald) made Lesley a Pina Colada and I had a couple of beers then back to the boat, showers, and Lesley made cornbread and is now making chili pork stew.
We are both pooped and after dinner I think it is going to be early to bed and some Advil for us both. One more sail tomorrow, pick the dink up on deck under the Hoyt boom then remove the remaining lines and blocks and we should be ready to head to St Davids on Thursday morning - hoping for a late morning haul.
Will see.
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Busy Busy,,, Have a couple of cold ones for me.
ReplyDeletei remember that bar well.
I can imagine what the swell must be like because coming from the other direction last year and running with those waves, I was thinking about you making that trip each spring.