Grenada Prizegiving

It was the usual prizegiving event last night here in Port Louis Marina where all crews gathered around the swimming pool and had rum punches listening to the steel band playing. Very Caribbean!! Trompeta managed to come first again in her class despite not being the fastest! We did sail the whole way though and had no engine hours recorded which does make a difference. Anyway Peter was delighted to receive a $100 voucher to spend in the Chandlery and together with a bottle of local rum it was the perfect gift! It is hard to believe that this was the last official leg and we have nearly completed our circumnavigation. All we have to do now is sail up to St Lucia for the final dinner on 13 April. There is a rendezvous in Marigot Bay (where Dr Doolittle was filmed) which is where The Moorings also have their St Lucia base on 10 April. So now it is sit back relax and enjoy the Caribbean. Today was the World ARC tour of Grenada where we visited a working rum distillery which was set up in 1785 by the British and still runs today using the old fashioned machinery including the original water wheel! The place was called Rivers Rum as it is on the River Antoine. We also visited a Nutmeg factory and saw how the nutmeg and mace are extracted from the kernal. Some nutmeg was purchased to try later. The bus stopped at the Grand Etang national park where we saw the local monkeys. Tomorrow must be a rest day as we are both tired out from the last two days!