Bye Bye Barbados
Malua
Harry Watson Smith
Thu 20 Dec 2012 13:28
This is going to be a down wind passage of about 97 nm. We will leave Barbados at noon and arrive after a slow passage the following morning. The water tanks are full, the food store is full and the Rum store is over flowing with the rum purchased at the duty free store in the passenger terminal where we check out.
The routine was the same except in reverse. We had to get port clearance from the Harbour Master and pay US50 Bar$100. The fellow who did the paperwork was a trainee so we helped him fill out the forms. He gave us the forms but found out later that he had given us too many so went in search of us. He found us sitting in the departure hall connected to the internet. A very lucky man.
The Customs fellow did not try the duty free trick on me but on our friends that went in next - this time he was not as experienced and did not give the right amount of money so our friend returned and asked for more. I think they got the right amount!
We did our last minute shopping. Potatoes at Jordans supermarket, tomatoes at the market and some other fresh fruit. I finally had 10c left of the Barbadan money.
This is Denny's first long trip this season yet she slotted in as crew like previous years.
A magical moment on Malua