After my overnight flight to Miami we were all supposed to gather for our last flight to St. George’s Grenada. Unfortunately Dave’s flight from Charlotte to Miami had mechanical delays and Steve and Bill from St. Louis and I had to enter Grenada all by ourselves Friday afternoon.
We had Saturday as a buffer day before our sailing and instruction started on Sunday so we spent it cramming for our written exam on Sunday morning. I’m studying the 2nd book here, delving deeper into buoys and beacons.
Dave Thumser, likely here after refered to as Thumser, finally made it Saturday morning but only after he first visited Trinidad on a 5AM flight. We’re we’re all supposed to read three different books to prepare for our training but somehow Thumser only got the 3rd book and never re-ordered the first two. Since they’re somewhat sequential and our pre-sail exam is based on the first book I loaned him mine. You’ll notice here he’s in serious poolside study mode.
Steve Richards, our captain on previous cruising mancations, does a little boning up as well.
Bill Wiltsch likes to study while keeping his body temperature liquid cooled by the pool side. I should also mention the poolside bar also offered internal hydration.
The Coyuba Resort offered a free Hobi Cat rental that Steve and I thought would be a good use as a study break. It turns out Hobi’s are pretty different to sail than 50’ monohulls but we had fun anyway.
We walked down the beach for our last St. George’s dinner at a very nice little place called The Umbrella. Then we walked back to the hotel so Thumser could study more (not).
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