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Subject: Re: [worldcruising] Re: Back On Land
truelove39@XXX.XXX
Date: Sun Aug 12 2001 - 19:44:38 EDT
Dave,
Excellent write-up. Thank you. I'll save it for future use.
I think St. Davids may be in the cards for next summer, as I won't deal with
the dirt in Chag again. Even with a "shrink-wrap," everything gets filthy.
For those on the list with mega-yachts [g], I should mention that in
Trinidad, CrewsInn has a 200-ton TravelLift, but I don't recall the width. I
have some video of Truelove in the slings, looking like a toy. The haul crew
at Peake's is 1st rate - CrewsInn's crew is good too and both dive on the
straps - I have hauled at both. BTW, do not haul at Coral Cove; they have a
jury-rigged TravelLift and have dropped more than one boat.
Truelove may be the last small boat to be stored in the huge shed at
CrewsInn. In fact, they tried to make me move to another yard for the summer,
but I prevailed. They have finally achieved their goal of being a mega-yacht
yard by virtue of some work they did on Velsheda a few months back. That's
all they want to do - Mega-yachts and a trans-ship point for the offshore
supply boats - no more accomodation for us little guys, except in the marina.
See you soon, I hope!
John
In a message dated 8/12/2001 6:15:12 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
dave@XXX.XXX writes:
> Good, please look for us. We will be tucked into Hog until after the
> Christmas winds heading up island after New Years. I want to touch
> Marin in Martinique for a few days to have Frank the Volvo God bless
> our green machine. Not that anything is wrong but he is a genius
> with Volvo's.
>
> You can reach us on email, Sat C, HAM or SSB.
>
> St. David's!! The new marina is easily entered and well buoyed.
> However, stick to the middle of the fairway as a month or so ago the
> buoys were still not dug in and keep needing to be reset. There is a
> major reef on the portside running a couple of hundred yards out and
> another on starboard close up to land. The travel lift has 13 ft. of
> water and lifts 90 tons and is wide enough for a 32 ft. cat. To my
> knowledge it is the only lift of that size in the Windwards. In
> April they pulled the super yacht Savannah which is 130 foot long to
> fix the rudder so it is capable. The yard hold something like 200
> boats. The crew are all great and the owner Jason Fletcher is a real
> Grenadian not an import. He knows how to manage a group on Island
> Time Mon. Painting is in the open but conditions as you know on
> Grenada south coast are dry. The German machinist closed up shop in
> Trini because they wouldn't give him permanent resident status and
> has a full SS machine shop. Deitmar is very, very good. Joe who
> comes from Prickly runs the yard and does a good job. Before he
> lifts the boat he has his boys dive on the lifting straps to make
> sure they are where they should be. Where else does that happen.
> Frank is a Brit diesel mechanic ex. garage owner who really knows his
> way around with a couple of young locals "Checkers" and "Indian" to
> help. The chandelry at St. David's is first class catering to yard
> type work. Anything they don't have there will be over to you in a
> couple of hours from the St. George's main store. If you need
> anything special Darren runs the Grenada stores and can have it in
> days. Huge improvement! There is also no duty or "government
> surcharge" on stuff you purchase from Island Water World. By the
> way, they will also apply TBT etc. so they still live in the world of
> the sane. No real electronics fix it type but then most electronics
> is quickly becoming disposable. This coming from an electronics
> engineer. Restaurant on premises, heads, showers, electricity all
> come with the daily fee which is identical to Trini. The real
> bargain is for cats as they charge by length not by area. It is,
> like all yards, hotter than hades if you are living aboard while on
> the hard but thats life. At least the Carib in the bar is cool. Bus
> is $2.50 EC into town, same back. Taxi is primo at about $35EC
> depending on the driver. Oh yes, they have high speed?? (56K)access
> with 2 tubes on line. Al in all a great place. Let me know if there
> is anything more you need.
>
>
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