Saturday, February 12, 2011
This morning we set off from our anchorage on St. Kitts to the mooring ball field outside of the 4 Seasons hotel (newly reopened) on Nevis. The winds in the anchorage were light but I put a reef in both of Zanshin I‘s sails and set off just a couple of minutes after Arita did, but by the time I’d set my sails and turned off the engine they were far ahead of me already. I did catch up before we arrived and saw that Rob had cheated and was motor-sailing in order to use the trip to make some water. Lauren took some fantastic shots of Zanshin on the move which she was kind enough to give me for the web pages. The anchorage in Nevis is relatively calm but there is a bit of a swell and we occasionally lie broadside-on to the swell and roll a bit, not badly, but enough to be noticeable. I ended up borrowing Arita’s dinghy so that I could wash some of the grime off the topsides and that ended up being a lot more effort than I’d originally thought, mainly because a strong breeze set in and I spent most of my energy holding on to the boat and keeping my balance. Nonetheless I finished after about 2 hours and was absolutely exhausted, but all three of us went ashore for drinks and dinner at Sunshine’s Bar, getting the current version of how his “Killer Bee” drink got its name. The drinks were fine and we all ended up getting the ribs which were quite tasty and just right after the exercise of the day.
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