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St Lucia with a hangover crew

Crew was slow to rise this morning as would be expected when staying up past cruisers midnight, which is 9pm. Since I was up first a quick trip to the marina store for some much needed water for the crew. Even with the late rousing, we still had an projected filled fun day.

Picked up the propane, the laundry, picked up and repacked the fixed spinnakers, checked the lines, raised the jib, put the engine on the dingy, got the dingy started, tried to get bbq working – no dice, so christine bought be a new one for my bday. Re-organized the boat manuals, washed a fender that was marring the fresh polish and wax. and an expensive trip to the supermarket, and jello shots made.

We took a dingy ride after getting it started, doing some exploring we found a dingy dock to the grocery store and a couple o waterfront restaraunts we didn’t know existed. Found a pizza place near the water and thats where we had dinner, some pretty decent deep dish pizza.

Even squeeked in a couple games of dominos after dinner on the boat, we are pretty much all ready. Only one more project for Sunday is to replace the aft deck shower with a new unit thats been on board since the canaries as the old one leaks.

Since we still have the rental car, Christine and Myself are going to pick up Shawn and Sharron at the airport with cold beverages in hand. So more fun driving on the wrong side of the road.

Water line lowered – and boat all cleaned up

After days of cleaning, off loading and donating stuff to the St Lucia island locals, Sugar Shack now floats about 2 inches higher in the water.  The growth that gathered on the hulls was 2 inches out of the water when we were done.    Out with the old towels, bed sheets, tupperware that didn’t have lids, some old parts/food that were way beyond the life cycle and Sugar Shack looks like a completely different boat.

Of course there is always more to tweak and change to make her a part of the family but she is well on her way.