Our week of maintenance in Guadeloupe has wrapped up successfully! We completed about 20 or so projects on the boat, mostly just routine stuff to keep Navigator happy, but also a few larger projects that needed time at a pier.
Today we sent Kellee up the mast to check all the hardware topside and to reave a new lifting halyard for our small boat. Yesterday we finally cleaned the sewage system that had been plaguing us for a few weeks...here is a link to a video in case you want to get an inside look at some maintenance! There are also a few new videos posted in the "videos" link, above (now that we have semi-reliable internet). 
Here in Guadeloupe we are "med-moored" which is not a typically way to tie to a pier in the States - here, you either grab a mooring buoy or drop anchor off the pier, and then slowly back or drive in until your bow or stern is pier side. It allows the marina to fit more boats in. But it also gives you a chance to get up close and personal with your neighbors - some of whom are really interesting folks!
This is a snapshot of who we've met:
- Johann from Germany is sailing his 30 foot steel boat from Germany to North Carolina to meet his daughter, who is a German professor at a local college.
- A young couple from Denmark is departing the Caribbean with their infant to sail across the Atlantic to go home.
- A Swiss couple on a huge boat is here for a few days of R and R.
- A French solo sailor pulled in here with damage to his engine aboard his racing boat...he was on his way to dry dock for repairs!
- A Canadian couple is northbound after spending 6 years in Europe aboard their boat...they live north of Toronto and are looking forward to seeing "the seasons" again. Their little dog yapped all night long...
- A huge steel motor trawler pulled in with a family from Austria and a giant Rottweiler dog (who threatened to eat the little dog on the other boat).
So with our worklist done, we await the arrival of our friend for a week of sightseeing on the island, before we head out again to move south!
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