Thursday, May 21, 2020

Hurricane Plan

Dear Friends - You haven’t heard from us in a while because not much has happened. We are still in our slip in St. Lucia where we’ve been for almost 3 months. Other than liquor going back on sale, finding a paddle tennis partner for some fun on the lawn, sampling the awesome take out sushi from Rituals and finishing Ozark on Netflix, the biggest news is that we have a hurricane plan.

Although our original plan was to haul out in Trinidad next month, it hasn’t opened so we have committed to hauling the boat here at Rodney Bay boatyard on 5/29. We’ve secured insurance to cover us on the hard and started the process of taking off sails and putting things away for the off season. We have a scheduled flight on 6/6 and an AirBnB to stay in after the boat is hauled and another one to quarantine in when we get home. The tentative plan for the rest of the summer is to look into renting an RV so we can visit friends & family, while reducing the chance of infecting their homes.

Other highlights this month include visiting with the yoga instructor that has been running classes on the dock for marina clients. We put our masks on and took a cab to her home overlooking Rodney Bay Harbor and enjoyed a small cocktail party which started to feel like the good old days. Here’s a photo of the view from her deck.


We also enjoyed a Zoom meeting with approximately 40 Cruising Club of America members who were interested in hearing about our travels in the Caribbean and our experience with COVID 19 in paradise.

At the moment, we are looking forward to coming home and seeing our friends in a state by state socially responsible way!

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