Back to Aldebaran II in Grenada!

Getting her hull polished in the boat yard.....Beautiful!

Anchored in a beautiful bay in Clark's Court Bay area on the south coast of Grenada

We arrived in Grenada late on the night of December 8. Philip from the Yellowhouse apartment picked us up at the airport after waiting while we made our way through customs. By the time we got to the apartment is was midnight. We were happy to be in a comfortable bed listening to tree frogs and crickets after starting our travelling day at 3:00 AM!

Bright and early the next morning Philip delivered us to Grenada Marine Boat Yard to begin work on Aldebaran II in preparation for putting her back in the water. We opened her up to find mold everywhere and it took us two full days to wipe her all down. What we hoped would take us three days to get her back in the water, actually took 12, since we decided to do some varnish stripping, hull polishing and other work that is better to do on land with power. Each day we started at about 8:00 AM and ended our day of work at about 5:00 PM. Then we came home to our little apartment to a shower and comfortable bed. We were just so thankful that the weather was much, much cooler than when we left in July!

Finally, splash day came for us on December 21....the winter solstice and full moon! We had to get in the water before the employees took two weeks off for the holidays and we made it! They put us in the water, we climbed on the boat, and started the engine. She started right up! Yipee! We motored over to a mooring ball for the night and worked hard to get things put away so we had a place to sleep. The next morning we moved over to a little bay in the larger Clark's Court Bay on the south part of the island.

We took our time to get things put away and comfortable again and meet up with people we met before we left Grenada in July. Relaxation was in order for the holidays.