A useful bonus day

"Starting from scratch"

Having postponed the launch from today (Tuesday) to tomorrow, we had a nice dinner at Cherry Sushi in the Container Park (a short walk from the apartment), and crashed relatively early.  I finished listening to A Gentleman in Moscow, which I had started ages ago and then picked up again on the plane trip down to Grenada a week ago.  I will miss it.

We had a breakfast of leftover ramen from last night, and headed out to make a brief boat stop and then to provision, at the Marketing Board and the IGA (stopped for doubles after).  With the help of the dinghy davits (the dinghy is still at ground level), we hoisted the luggage on our first stop and the groceries when we went back for lunch.  It's a lot of work but on balance easier than trying to bring all that out to the boat from shore in the dinghy itself after we launch.

I've started eyeing the weather more closely, and the truth is it's not clear there WILL be passage window in March - so we may leave her in Grenada (at a marina) instead of St. Thomas (at a marina).  We shall see.  We haven't mad individual contact with Chris Parker (or his minions) since we have to stay here to resolve the documentation and get the EPIRB anyway.

We will go over early tomorrow; splash is scheduled for 10.  We're keeping the car and the apartment as planned until Thursday, but if all goes well we will drop the hook somewhere and overnight on board.