We have an 8:30 am meeting with George in Mt. Hartman Bay so we dinghy over in perfect conditions. We meet George who’ll give us a mooring ball for US$180 per month plus US$20 for each boat visit. This is a no brainer for us as George is highly reliable and his fee INCLUDES rides to and from the airport.
Done.
We’re a bit early to meet George but he was in the bay anyway so by the time we get back to Milu it’s 8:30 am. This is living. We try Christy’s fancy dancy bimini repair – she’s used sail tape and 3M glue to attach a spare piece of fabric to the ripped bimini. As soon as we get it up on the frame we see two other rips.
Sigh.
We take it down and over the next few days will try more repairs.
Generally work on the boat all day. I clean up the back lazarettes and find the missing alternator belt cover (why it is in the bottom of the lazarette is anybody’s guess) as well as some parts for our old dinghy. We decide to donate the dinghy parts to Dwayne over at Bob’s so I text him that.
We drop them off on our way to dinner at Whisper Cove and on the way back check out the alleged Full Moon bonfire that’s supposed to happen at Calvigny Marine. Full moon tonight! No sign of life there and we learn later they haven’t been doing it for a while. Perhaps because their dinghy dock is treacherous.
At Whisper Cove Spicey is happy to see us and laughs as we tell him we didn’t bring our four crazy friends. Food is good, one of the better ones we have tried in the bay but Christy is feeling the rum punch right away. One thing for sure, they’re not shy with the rum down here.
After dinner we dinghy over to Hog Island where there is usually some kind of Friday night event. It is an absolutely stunning evening – the moon is spectacular.
We run into Gary Haynes, the broker we bought Milu from who knows us pretty well. We have a few too many beers and a lotta laughs with him and his wife Vanessa. There’s a few people with guitars and a sax jamming. Every now and then I walk down to the beach and stand in the water as it is such a stunning night under the moon. The tide has gone way out under the full moon and our dinghy is high and dry. If we still had the old dinghy we’d have to get help to launch it.
We give Gary and Vanessa a lift back to the boat they came in with (their hosts left long ago) where they pick up their dinghy and go on their way. We limp back to our boat.
It’s always surprising, but it’s probably only about 10 pm. Guessing there.