Saturday, November 22. 2008
Peter Island, Thanksgiving Charter
My guests arrived today with...luggage!
They came in on the St Thomas ferry this morning and i am not sure when I have seen a more excited group. They were last on the boat 4 years ago, and have had this week booked for quite a long time.
Always nice to see smiling faces. Blowing really gusty out today, and I know I am always criticizing things on island, but I want you to note that we are just about to compliment someone. There is a guy on the ferry dock (you hear the ferries all the time calling Road Harbor Port. Road Harbour Port) and this is a guy who stands on the dock with a radio and directs ferries and traffic in and out. Bazza says that he has been quite helpful several times, and today he went above and beyond the call of duty coordinating with our guests and us when they arrived by ferry. It was very much appreciated!
Took a pic of the hospital while we were there, it is coming along...
We upped sail and headed over to Little Harbor on Peter Island. I almost caught my guest napping on the way over, but he opened those eyes about the time I snapped the picture.
Most of the rest enjoyed the sail over on the trampoline... We heard a call on the radio, on our way over from a "person" on one of the bulletin boards I frequent, Wild Meridian, hoping to catch up this week and that is always nice to meet people you know on line out on the water.
We pulled into Little Harbor and Simeon is really a nice guy, but he is looking mean here. I think he just wants me to disappear with my camera!!! Probably don't blame him. He asked me if I was Madonna and felt the need to document my entire life, well, yes!
The line was tied so we were stern too and the guests were immediately in the water for hours.
All the toys came out for the afternoon and everyone was pulled around on something.
Little harbor was actually pretty gusty, and filling up pretty full, with it being thanksgiving...Quite a shock on the system really after having the islands to ourselves for months. We upped anchor and made our way up to Great Harbour where we hoped to get some fishing in. The guys had taken the casting nets ashore earlier to get some bait fish. Unfortunately, we had a lot better luck with nets and scooping then we did with fishing tonight. Too windy and gusty we think. I told my guests they looked like crows here lined up on the way up over cocktail hour!
But it was an absolutely beautiful sunset...
The boys were putting out two anchors so we could stay close in for fishing tonight, but it looked weird whatever they were doing pulling things by hand...
The bird life on the point here was incredible. There must be a ton of bait fish in the water as I had never seem so many pelicans having such a good feed.
Dinner was gobbled down by all and it is now bed time!
They came in on the St Thomas ferry this morning and i am not sure when I have seen a more excited group. They were last on the boat 4 years ago, and have had this week booked for quite a long time.
Always nice to see smiling faces. Blowing really gusty out today, and I know I am always criticizing things on island, but I want you to note that we are just about to compliment someone. There is a guy on the ferry dock (you hear the ferries all the time calling Road Harbor Port. Road Harbour Port) and this is a guy who stands on the dock with a radio and directs ferries and traffic in and out. Bazza says that he has been quite helpful several times, and today he went above and beyond the call of duty coordinating with our guests and us when they arrived by ferry. It was very much appreciated!
Took a pic of the hospital while we were there, it is coming along...
We upped sail and headed over to Little Harbor on Peter Island. I almost caught my guest napping on the way over, but he opened those eyes about the time I snapped the picture.
Most of the rest enjoyed the sail over on the trampoline... We heard a call on the radio, on our way over from a "person" on one of the bulletin boards I frequent, Wild Meridian, hoping to catch up this week and that is always nice to meet people you know on line out on the water.
We pulled into Little Harbor and Simeon is really a nice guy, but he is looking mean here. I think he just wants me to disappear with my camera!!! Probably don't blame him. He asked me if I was Madonna and felt the need to document my entire life, well, yes!
The line was tied so we were stern too and the guests were immediately in the water for hours.
All the toys came out for the afternoon and everyone was pulled around on something.
Little harbor was actually pretty gusty, and filling up pretty full, with it being thanksgiving...Quite a shock on the system really after having the islands to ourselves for months. We upped anchor and made our way up to Great Harbour where we hoped to get some fishing in. The guys had taken the casting nets ashore earlier to get some bait fish. Unfortunately, we had a lot better luck with nets and scooping then we did with fishing tonight. Too windy and gusty we think. I told my guests they looked like crows here lined up on the way up over cocktail hour!
But it was an absolutely beautiful sunset...
The boys were putting out two anchors so we could stay close in for fishing tonight, but it looked weird whatever they were doing pulling things by hand...
The bird life on the point here was incredible. There must be a ton of bait fish in the water as I had never seem so many pelicans having such a good feed.
Dinner was gobbled down by all and it is now bed time!
Friday, November 21. 2008
friday night on Tortola
Well it is a Friday night in Tortola. I have made my daily trip into town to go to the bank and various government offices. At one office waiting for forms instead of telling me to come back next week they are just picking the next day on the calendar I believe and telling me to come then so I just get to go in every day! Today was "still pending, come back Monday" yesterday was..well you get the idea! Still very dusty on island as well. I came the long way home from town today via Brewers, Josiahs etc as I wanted to see what the swell was like. We are supposed to have quite a large one, and yep, here is Brewers Bay
When I drove by there not much beach at all at the moment!
Then I went to look at Josiah's and it looked about the same, and no surfers out...
The swells did not look like they had great shape for surfing either.
Then I got back to the boat to find out my food (partial) order came while I was out and the driver dropped some eggs and mushrooms in the water and then just about kicked a case of beer we had sitting on the dock in as well! My interior cleaner complained all day that she was "seasick" (yes, we are tied up to dock...I told her that maybe she needed to get a cashiers job at One Mart then tongue in cheek)
Today was a bad produce day, what did come had to be mostly stripped down. I took this picture, as I had ordered no more then a dozen or so heads of romaine and lettuce and this is how much I had to take off and throw away to get down to decent bits!
Thought that was a bit excessive. I suppose with it being Thanksgiving week everyone and their dog is going out on the water this week! Anyways it all boiled down to such a little amount to fit in my fridge! I find these vegetable saver bags, although being very expensive and not found on island, really do help my produce make it through the week. I just have to make sure I take anything that is starting to rot off right away at the beginning. This procedure of putting them all in the bags usually lasts for a few charters every season until we get too busy and then I can't be bothered and just shop more often during the week!
Went back into Riteway tonight and waited in line for the cashier to finish fighting with some kind of supervisor as she was hungry and the doctor said she had to eat! Another one yelling at her to "serve the customer first"...and so ends another week on island and time to go back on the water tomorrow!
When I drove by there not much beach at all at the moment!
Then I went to look at Josiah's and it looked about the same, and no surfers out...
The swells did not look like they had great shape for surfing either.
Then I got back to the boat to find out my food (partial) order came while I was out and the driver dropped some eggs and mushrooms in the water and then just about kicked a case of beer we had sitting on the dock in as well! My interior cleaner complained all day that she was "seasick" (yes, we are tied up to dock...I told her that maybe she needed to get a cashiers job at One Mart then tongue in cheek)
Today was a bad produce day, what did come had to be mostly stripped down. I took this picture, as I had ordered no more then a dozen or so heads of romaine and lettuce and this is how much I had to take off and throw away to get down to decent bits!
Thought that was a bit excessive. I suppose with it being Thanksgiving week everyone and their dog is going out on the water this week! Anyways it all boiled down to such a little amount to fit in my fridge! I find these vegetable saver bags, although being very expensive and not found on island, really do help my produce make it through the week. I just have to make sure I take anything that is starting to rot off right away at the beginning. This procedure of putting them all in the bags usually lasts for a few charters every season until we get too busy and then I can't be bothered and just shop more often during the week!
Went back into Riteway tonight and waited in line for the cashier to finish fighting with some kind of supervisor as she was hungry and the doctor said she had to eat! Another one yelling at her to "serve the customer first"...and so ends another week on island and time to go back on the water tomorrow!
Beach flags flying this weekend...
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