Georgetown II
Of course, the boat needed repairs because “there is something broken on your boat, you just don’t know it yet” as said by a sailer on the local VHF morning broadcast. Nate was able to trouble shoot and repair the impeller on the raw water pump for the generator.
On January 18th, we invited some friends to meet us at St Francis for Happy Hour where 1/2 wings were on offer. This resort is laid back and even offers little house boat cabins. Sailors meet regularly to play poker and the waitstaff is made up of friendly locals. One night we watched superyacht crew arrive on jet skis to pick up many boxes of pizzas.
Kristen on SV Spicy Nugget organized a morning hike up the Monument trail. Kristen and her husband just moved onto their boat full time in November from London and both work remotely. They have a dog, a son in college and their daughter lives in London. Mom and Son from SV Mellow Puff joined us as well. They are planning to sail back to New Zealand eventually. The other boat that joined us Greg and Emily from SV Sparkle Motion.
January 19th ended with laundry under a sunset.
January 30th was another social day as I met Emily and Kristen for beach yoga. Another sailor from Europe teaches a yoga class almost every morning at 9:15. It is wonderful and has been so nice to be in one spot long enough to make friends. Hearing about everyone’s experiences is wonderful because everyone is doing the sailing life a little bit differently. At yoga I met a woman in her 70s from Nova Scotia who comes to Georgetown every winter with her husband. They store boat in the area and it is so old it doesn’t have insurance for hurricanes.
After yoga we saw Emily and Greg paddle by. They hail from Boston and have backgrounds in biomedical. They have raced sailboats all over New England and have even done an Atlantic Ocean crossing. They work part time remotely and will be moving their boat to Spain in May.
Our daily adventure was to fill our propane tanks. This entailed sailing boat to Hooper’s Bay, anchoring, driving dinghy to beach then walking about a mile to propane store. Nate had to carry the tank and the store was closed!! But not really because the door was unlocked and an employee agreed to keep tank until tomorrow when the propane truck would be full. We decided to check out Splash beach bar where you can sit on a swing.
The next day we returned to Splash via a wet dinghy ride to have breakfast and were disappointed in the meal. However we did get a full propane tank! Next we sailed to Emerald Marina to fill our fuel tanks. We had to wait two hours there because a superyacht was filling their tanks which takes hours. They got 6,000 gallons at $5 a gallon which puts into perspective the environmental impact these ultra “luxe” yachts cause.
On our way back to anchor off Stocking Island we did drivebys of SV Spicy Nugget and SV Sparkle Motion. Both were sitting on deck enjoying their sundowners which is a traditions of sailors at sunset and such a great way to mark the end of the day.
