We returned back from Martinique having explored the shops and found decent French wine plus other items for the ships stores. New Years Eve was spent at anchor off Pigeon Island outside Rodney Bay Marina and we saw in the New Year at 8pm local time midnight UK time!! There was a very good display of fireworks on the beach at midnight and the bangs woke me up so it was easy to watch what was happening through my window.
There was quite a bit of rain the following night and the bad news is that the foreward hatch still leaks so the next day it was back into the Marina for Dave to have another go at sealing it again. The bank holiday lasts until 4 Jan so only the supermarkets are open which means the chandlery is not open until tomorrow.
When Dave and Alison were swimming around the boat cleaning off the barnacles after Christmas they noticed the antifoul paint was coming off so we have an appointment to get lifted out of the water at 7.30am tomorrow and will spend 2 days on the hard getting the boat painted again. Dave & Alison are booking into a hotel for 2 nights but Peter and I will stay onboard for security reasons. The boat yard does have good security but we have a lot of valuable gear on board so feel it is best if we are around. We intend to do the painting ourselves to save money.
Tonight is the first official World ARC event which is drinks and nibbles at the Marina Bar. We have already had our safety inspection and everything was OK except Peter could not find the spare VHF aerial so I guess he will buy another tomorrow!
Further briefings take place on Thursday and Saturday then we depart at 12 noon on Sunday 8 January!
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