On May 29th we hauled Billy Ruff’n at the Rodney Bay Marina boatyard and moved into an AirBnB to finish the process of getting her ready for hurricane season. We’ve tied her down, cleaned her out and hired some folks to look after her while we’re gone.
The AirBnB provided some spectacular views of the bay while we enjoyed sharing our new abode with our friends from s/v Deva and some last meals at our favorite restaurants in the marina (Salt, Le Mesa and others).
Our American Airlines flight out of St. Lucia was cancelled but we were able to arrange a charter flight to San Juan, PR on 6/5 with Debbie & Mike (s/v Deva) and another sailing friend, Greg (from s/v Mile High Dream). It was expensive but a beautiful day to fly with an entertaining pilot, who was texting and showing us pictures of hurricane damage that he had taken from the air, all while flying and chatting away. Andrew, as co-pilot, was in charge of staying in the plane while we maneuvered into position for takeoff with the airplane door open! The pilot said it was for air conditioning!!
We spent the night in San Juan, after sorting out our connection to Philadelphia, that had us flying out of San Jose, Calif... oops! We arrived at our (self-quarantine) AirBnB in Narberth, where we will be for a month or so while we figure out the rest of our summer. So, this may be the last post until late October or early November when we plan to head back to our sailing adventure on Billy Ruff’n.
