SaltWhistle Bay, Mayreau
walter@comcast
blowing about 25 knots and raining, and I had to be restrained from
heading to the beach for some kiting.
There was some excitement in the morning when a charter boat dragged
anchor and ended up on the rocks. She was holed and taking on water.
Lauri quipped “Gee, it is a shame that the first boat you bought had a
hole in it”, referring to the likely response of the charter company
when the found out where the charterers had anchored the boat. (They
were not in a location that was likely to meet with the approval of
the charter company.)
In spite of the strong winds, I was shanghaied into crossing over to
Salt Whistle instead of rigging the kite. It all worked out quite well
though, as the wind held all afternoon, and I was able to exhaust
myself trying to get back to my skill level of just a few months ago.
Herve and Gwen also sailed over, so I had some company kiting. I found
out today the they are on sabbatical and bought a catamaran to cross
the Atlantic and cruise the Caribbean. Later we met Alex, Caroline and
Maria, who are very good kiters that pushed us to try more than we
might have otherwise. This other group is here from Sweden on a
chartered boat for a few weeks.
I hope they will be here tomorrow.
ttyl