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  • Marine Trader - deck replacement

    Hermione (My Marine Trader 38') has very worn teak decks which kinda spring as you walk over them - although fun and somewhat comfortable, they are not practical and give me this constant feeling that I may be downstairs rather faster than one would expect;)

    I've started the project to replace them. Each night I come home and remove more screws (adding to the hundred or more that I have already removed) and pull up a plank or two - It'll take several more weeks to remove it fully.

    Under it is a glassfibre sandwich with plywood in the middle. I will cut out the top deck and pull out the plywood. This will not be a problem seeing as the plywood is sodden and makes cheese look like a more viable flooring product.



    Next I'll epoxy in new marine ply, epoxy the glassfibre back and finally coat it with a few layers of gelcoat...



    ... The poor thing looks like she is having a major face lift at the moment, but she'll look all wonderful again soon!

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  • A view

    I was sitting on my deck last Sunday reading a book. I looked up and savoured the view - a 360 degree panorama of Port Elizabeth in Bequia.



    One of the things that I like about my view is that the boat swings in the wind, so I can just look up and the landscape moves from side to side as the boat swings.

    Anyway, I got to thinking... this is the first time in my life that I have had a real view and taken the time out to enjoy it! I grew up in cities with back gardens and walls. I've had some apartments with nice views out of windows, but I never really sat and looked out of the window. I've never had a balcony either. With a stern deck, a bridge deck and a deck across the bow I can't help but sit and look at the view these days - I like that :)

    Totally unrelated, but I like this picture... I saw some fishermen preparing their nets the other day ...

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  • Sundowners in Bequia

    Some friends came over to the boat the other night. They have come all the way to St Vincent, from Brazil as volunteers. Most of them are on their way to Africa, anyway, a couple of them took a break to come and see the sun set in Bequia.



    Meet Lucas, Mariana and Me. This is about 45 minutes before sun down.



    Often just after Sun down the sky will turn to blues and reds...



    .. then a little later the blue disappear in favour of more oranges... it's beautiful and so are my pictures ;)

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  • Swimming in the Grenadines

    Yes, I'm back online ... after almost a year of island "not so connected" lifestyle I have got a 3G Modem for my netbook!

    Anyway, I won't give you a history of my last year except to say that I am very happy with my new aboard lifestyle in Bequia. When it gets too hot I jump off the back of the boat into the turquoise waters of the Grenadines.

    I want to try to give you a little taste of what I experience. I have a long way to go when it comes to underwater photography, but here's a start...

    This was from snorkelling. The waters are packed with fish life which if course you can't see here. Told you that I have some way to go with this ;)



    There is loads of life amongst the coral. These things open and close like venus fly traps. Luckily they were small and I survived - They're about a centimetre long ;)



    Let me introduce you to some of my new friends. I've not named them all yet.



    They are quite comfortable with me swimming with them which is cool because you can get real close...



    Like this :)

    More soon.

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  • New toy

    I know, I know, it's been ages since I blogged last. Anyway, enough of that - I have a new toy ->



    It's the one on the right ;)

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  • A bunch of Bananas

    English is a funny old language really. Take for instance a bunch of bananas. I've never really questioned that before. To me a bunch of bananas is somewhere between about 4 and 8 bananas. Take this for example.



    So I ordered 2 bunches of bananas, thus I was expecting around 8 bananas. Be warned, a bunch of bananas in the West Indies is ... well, ehm... not the same.



    :)

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  • Mathildas new job!

    Congratulations Mathilda!!!!



    And for the rest of you... Mathilda started her new job at Ralph Lauren today:)

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  • Cycle tour of Bequia

    I hired a bike this weekend and this is what happened:



    Hope you like the video :)

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  • Some pictures from Bequia



    This is the view of Port Elizabeth as you come down the hill into the town. I see this everyday as I walk to work (hard life;)



    Looking North towards Princess Margaret beach. This was taken in the mid Sunday Sun... It's low season here for another month, but soon I'll be taking pictures with people in them:)



    The surge from hurricane Omar left most of the moorings in shatters. This is a fine example.



    Looking out over the bay at Port Elizabeth.

    I'm totally enjoying myself. Not worn anything other than a shirt, body shorts and flip-flops since I got here... yeeerrr - the weathers amazing:) Will write more soon!!

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  • Sailing in Tobago Cays

    Time for a little report (and video:). I've been in Bequia for nearly 3 weeks now. My first week was spent settling down. My first big shock was that the cost of living in terms of food and rent is almost the same as in Sweden. The wages for local people however are not. The Government here have imposed a 15% tax because they want to build a bigger airport on St Vincent. Honestly, I have no idea how the local people can afford to live here... something I hope to work out over the next few weeks.

    I spent my second week on Camille; one of our Catamarans sailing down through the Grenadines to Tobago Cays which is just stunning. It's a Marine park made up of a few small islands surrounded by a ring shaped reef. Together they have become the home to all kinds of marine life including turtles; one of which we swam with:)



    Whilst we were down there a low pressure which had passed over us a week earlier reached the Gulf of Mexico, became a hurricane and turned to head North East (a very rare thing). Even though it was over 100 miles North of us the surge sent two metre high waves crashing into our dock and smashing it to bits.

    I have to say I really love it here. I'm swimming almost everyday and experiencing real beach life. Everyone is so friendly and relaxed .... more soon.

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