Our flight departed JFK an hour late after some guy missed the plane and the airline had to dig through the luggage compartment to find and remove his bag. The plane ride south was uneventful, and we landed at Grenada's Maurice Bishop International Airport at 4PM. Lori and I breezed through customs and immigration though and made up some lost time. A ten minute taxi ride later we were at Budget Marine in Prickly Bay where we met Andy who was waiting for us with the dingy.
We found Arabella tied to a mooring out in the bay amongst fifty or so other cruising boats. Patty was standing on the swim step to greet us as we came aboard. We got our luggage stowed in our stateroom and went back into the salon where we found Andy waiting for us with cold rum punches. This trip was starting out on the right foot.
Prickly Bay is one of a half dozen or so protected inlets along Grenada's south shore. A small surface chop rolls in continuously, but the bay is well protected from all directions but the southwest. The easterly trade winds blow reliably here though, so weather from the vulnerable southwesterly direction is extremely rare. Businesses around the bay cater to visiting yachtsmen, and the marina that owns the mooring we are using has something going on ashore every evening. Last night it was "half price pizza night". There is a trivia night, a bingo night, etc. Yoga instruction takes place in the gazebo every morning. We skipped on the pizza to walk a little further down the street to the local brew pub where we sampled their ales and had dinner.
This morning the crew hiked about a mile to the local grocery store where we provisioned for the next week or so of cruising. We caught the bus back to the marina with full bags and backpacks.
Team Arabella is planning to go to the Hog Island bar-b-que this afternoon and evening, and then get underway for points north first thing tomorrow morning.
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