Grenada

We have been anchored at St. David’s Harbour for five days. To date it is our most restful and peaceful anchorage, of course the other boats moored nearby may think their anchorage is not as peaceful as it was five days ago with six noisy children spoiling their peace! The furthest we have been is the beach and Chris and I have been enjoying sitting on the balcony of the local bar with a Carib while watching the children playing in the sea. The local boat yard has all our
requirements to do odd jobs on Octopus, it is amazing how many things break or need attention. After over 5,000 sea miles I guess we can expect the odd bolt to shear off and the odd undetectable leak to develop, so we should not be surprised at having to do a bit of maintenance.

The spinnaker that we were given at the beginning of our trip gave up at the end of the Atlantic crossing and ripped in half; it was very old and the UV had got to it. I have now given it a new lease of life by cutting up the better bits and making them into sunshades for the cockpit and a brilliant tent for the foredeck. This gives the children a great space to play Lego, read or do school work in the shade and means we can keep the fore-hatches open when it rains – which it does (torrentially) here on a regular basis. A rain storm in the day is quite refreshing, but being woken up by a deluge coming through the hatch onto your bed is not so welcome.