Sunday, August 26 to Wednesday, August 29 : to Nikky Beach, Aruba (map)
Our longest sail to date: We left Trinidad at midnight on Sunday morning and sailed 80 hours downwind to Aruba. It was about 500 miles as the crow flies and about 600 miles through the water.
July 31, 2012, Grenada
On Delay has the most beautiful trampoline pillows in all the land. (Perhaps the only trampoline pillows in the land.)
One of the nicest things to do on a catamaran is to lie on the trampoline in the evening and look at the stars. Gayle noticed that this experience was marred by the discomfort of having one’s head directly on the knotted trampoline netting. She set out to improve the experience by creating special trampoline pillows for On Delay.
Saturday, August 4th, Tobago
Early this week, the models indicated that the next tropical depression/storm/hurricane might pass right through Grenada.
Driving in Grenada best done by a Brit who missed his calling as a rally driver and responds quickly to panicked shouts of “keep left” from the back seat. Fortunately, we have all that and more in Tony Day.
Monday, July 30 : to Port Louis Marina, St. George’s, Grenada (map)
We motored some and sailed some down the east coast of Grenada to the main port, where we took a slip in the fancy Port Louis Marina. (We plan to stay here until Wednesday, August 1st.)
Friday, July 27th, 2012, St. George’s, Grenada
Andy, our first visitor from San Francisco, arrived.
Hog Island, Grenada, July 24th, 2012
Oil down is the national dish in Grenada. (There is a recipe on the official government website: http://www.gov.gd/articles/grenada_oil_down.html. However, don’t follow this recipe; it hasn’t been tested: the chicken was left out.) Key ingredients are salted meat, coconut milk, chicken, callaloo (rather like spinach), and breadfruit and other provisions such as dasheen and plantains.
Saturday, July 21st at Petite Calivigny Bay, Grenada
The Phare Bleu yacht club hosted a day of Hobie Cat races at the marina. Although Pete had never been on a Hobie Cat before, he signed up to race. After all, he races monohulls and he sails a catamaran — no problem, right?
Tony climbs the mast
Today, on On Delay, Pete and Gayle show you how to make a Franken-paddle.