Rodney Bay, St. Lucia

Tuesday I had to catch up on a few jobs, the first being catching up on my budget spreadsheets. I keep a record of everything we spend, including the category of spending e.g. boat maintenance, eating out, groceries etc in order for us to maintain control of our budget. I also keep a log of where we moor each night, whether at anchor, marina, passage making etc for our own interest, though it has also been handy in the past as a sort of calendar of events too. Kevin had also popped into the marina again to check for our parcel and also popped by to see Laurence and Lexie for more computer fixing.

Later in the afternoon, we had a visit from Barry and Marie-Jeanne from Pikorua who were out on their tender. They were enjoying a break from host and hostess duties onboard and getting sometime to their selves. Kevin duly assisted their relaxation with some of his cocktails, in fact I think Barry was treated to almost the full repertoire from Grogue from Cape Verdes to local Chairmain’s rum and pineapple to a Vesper cocktail from the Casino Royale film in what turned out to be a fairly drunken evening! It was a great night though and Barry and Marie-Jeanne I think appreciated the chance to relax. We moved from foredeck to cockpit and back to avoid the sun, then watched the sunset as the evening rolled by. I offered to loan Kevin out to Barry the next day to assist with some of the boat jobs they’d accumulated on their crossing as we prefer to have a busy day and I was enlisted to sort out their new iPod, so we agreed to meet up at 9am the next day. They headed back to prepare food for their crew and we pretty much just went straight to bed!