Fended off a couple boat boys on the way in, one was persistent and followed us all the way to the dock, we were just going to grab a ball ourselves or drop the dingy and I’d go clear customs while Christine and Wayne circled in the Shack and kept making water. We ended up with the later as there were no balls available close into the town. Cleared in with the overtime fee as it is a holiday and quickly to the store for some beer / water and what ever else I could find. Since it was a holiday the normal store was closed but did manage to get some snacks and beer and some water too and head back to the boat. Spotted em and easily chased them down and loaded the dingy and we were off to the next bay over. As early as we were, all the balls were taken, and our boat boy was just giving the last one away. Damn should have let him run me to customs and all that jazz. But we decided to give it some time to see if anyone would leave, the boat boy suggested anchoring, most of the bay is 100 feet deep or better. So we found a shallow spot between a couple of mooring and dropped the hook. Left the engines running as the swell/current/wind was playing tricks with all the boats on the balls and us too. After a while we shut em down, and learned from the boat boy that the divers over ‘there’ were working to put a ball back together after the located the base and we could have that one. 4 hrs later and we are on the ball, a super nice day up until we head to the ball. Rain coming over the mountain, wind from all directions, but we get hooked and test the connection with some pretty good reverse. Seems like it’ll hold and after last night we all need a good nights rest. Its now 6:42 and the crew is a sleep in the salon avoiding the rain. I’m tired to, but if I go to bed now, I’ll be up before the sun.

All is good in St Lucia.