We moved from Grand Mal to St Georges late yesterday morning and took a slip for the first time in the Port Louis Marina. We are on the J dock, stern to a large concrete wall. On the way in we watched as a large Amel ran onto a well marked reef! They tried to take a short cut on the wrong side of three very visible red Nun buoys.
This was our first time in the marina so we were not sure how we would approach the dock or where we would end up. A chase boat met us at the end of one of the large docks and told us how to prep the boat - two bow lines and a stern line - and then pointed out where our dock was. We came well into the marina and made a tight turn to port where the chase boat secured our bow lines to a large mooring line. We then continued slowly with the port turn until we were able to back up near the wall. The chase boat gave the stern a push and then we were close enough to throw a stern line. We continued to back down on the bow mooring lines until we were close enough to the wall. Ended up with two stern lines going ashore and about a 3 foot step to the wall.
If it will stop raining we plan to go to the Spicelands Mall, Carib Sushi for lunch and then Budget Marine.
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