Yacht Aditi

Fate will send us to St Martin

To get our headsail furling fixed we will have to sail about 400nm north to St Martin to work with Rondals ‘partner’ in the Caribbean. This is likely to be more economical and result in a better solution than carrying out bespoke engineering even in capable locations such as Grenada. Our mainsail furling, a second complete hydraulic system, packed up in Canouan. It’s probably a faulty starter solenoid so ‘The Cuban’ is coming out at anchor to check it over tomorrow.

Groovy Grenada

This is proving to be a friendly island where you can relax. After our time in St Lucia if anyone approaches us we are immediately on our guard; what do they want, are they pick-pockets, where’s the threat? But here people come over and chat then leave having had a good conversation. The younger kids play instead of begging for money and people are out mixing together and having fun. It seems odd given our previous experience. We went to the workboat races. The bass thumped the beach so hard and loud that the sand was jumping. We had barbecue