I am cheating slightly by making one blog entry for the full week, as we spent a week on the hard at Spice Island Marine in Prickly Bay. We’d had a shackle on the anchor bridle bend in Bequia which has scraped the new antifoul off on one hull when the chain caught it, we didn’t want bare hull to be left exposed for too long and it turned out to be a very minor repair, better being safe than sorry. We also managed to upgrade our battery bank which was already struggling to hold a charge, though was never really big enough for the purpose. We now have 4 x Trojan T105 (225 Amp Hours for 2 x 6 V batteries), increasing our capacity by 25%.
We also polish the hull again and when she went back in the water she was as good as new and ready for all of the visitors we are soon expecting for the wedding.
We were also very pleased to meet Kate & Jonny Harrison of Newtsville again this week. After seeing them regularly in the planning stages in the UK, Kev hadn’t seen them since April and I since June. Therefore, ironically I run into them at the supermarket! We knew they were due in the next couple of days, but they’d arrived early and were in St. George’s when I had been sent on a shopping trip. They came round to the boatyard and we had a drink with them and their cruising friends Russel and Christine from “Christine-Anne” an Australian boat they cruised most of the way from Portugal with. It was great to catch up with them and hear all their news. They were due to be lifted on Monday and would be joining us on Invincible whilst they were off the water.
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