Bill and Karen arrived about 9.30 for their boat tour, as they were curious about the living accommodation as many people you see a yacht and wonder how exactly there is room to live on board. We provided our now usual tour with a bit of an explanation of the electronics and aids aboard which will help us with our trip. They seems impressed with the size, as people seem to be with the Mahe as photo’s just don’t seem to do it justice.
We headed straight off to Arrecife to catch the shops before siesta, Karen had an outfit to buy for her son’s wedding, being down to the decision on the final shortlist.
Bill dropped us right in front of where all of the chandlers are located in Arrecife, which is just as well as I don’t think we would have found them otherwise. We said we were more than happy to get the bus back, but exchanged phone numbers in case they were heading back at the same time.
The chandleries are relatively well stocked but cater more for fishing boats than yachts, also they have a tendency to keep stock out back rather than in the main shop like a car parts department, which is very tricky as my Spanish has not yet extended to deck fittings for yachts! Anyway after a quick survey of the 2 or 3 chandleries available, we managed to get the grand total of a single double Lewmar block, snap shackle and a spare spark plug for the outboard! We wanted a few other things such as spare lines, oil extractor pump but they didn’t have what we wanted, so they will have to wait until Las Palmas, Gran Canaria, which is supposed to be well stocked with chandleries because of the number of boats descending there for the Atlantic Rally for Cruisers (ARC) each November – 500 this year I think.
So we headed back to Arrecife centre to get some lunch and do some food shopping, we were expecting Bill & Karen to be about 2.5 hours so we were planning to get the bus back. However, as we wandered down the main street in Arrecife, we bumped into them having a coffee, they had already finished shopping, so it had worked out well. We joined them for a coffee and sandwich, then they offered a lift home via the supermarket which we needed to get to and they were parked below. It was an absolute godsend our lift to Arrecife as it would have taken us hours by bus, plus what luxury to get a lift from the supermarket and not have to carry all our bags back (how quickly our appreciation changes of the simple things!). Bill and Karen were wonderful, very helpful and we really enjoyed meeting them, they insisted on buying our lunch too, even though they had given us the lift. So Bill and Karen if you are still reading - thanks again for the lift– hope the wedding goes well and you enjoy the French wine as a change (which I think Mum will have dropped of by the time you read this), keep in touch, we’ll let you know what we think of the Cape Verdes
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