Just after we arrived in Marigot Bay
and some French charter boat plonked itself on top of our anchor
chain, did it start to rain. This is the dry season we were told,
however we had a great squall.
Lovely warm tropical rain pelted the
anchorage. We are not inside Marigot Bay as it is too exclusive for
us. At $30 USD a night for a mooring ball, we will anchor outside and
peer in like paupers at the window of an overpriced confectioner.
There are beautiful yachts inside the
bay. Absolutely, pants wetting with excitement, beautiful yachts.
Back to the rain...It came in fast and
heavy. We barely had time to react. Soon the anti rain cover for the
V berth hatch was inverted to become a quasi rain catcher with a
bucket underneath. Sally and I were in our costumes dancing around
the deck. Buckets in hand, catching rain like it was some sort of
liquid gold.
After giving the deck a quick scrub, we
were damming tributaries and catching water in buckets. We had just
switched over to the starboard tank earlier that day, so port tank
was opened up and bucket after bucket was decanted.
At £1 per 4 litres (price in Union
Island) it is well worth catching your own rain. Also good practise
for when we go to areas where water is scarce or even more expensive!
Port tank is almost full. We are
refreshed after a fresh water shower. Dinghy is full of fresh (ish)
water that we will use for dish washing and body washing. We are
still finding volcanic mud on our extremities...
Good times, good times!
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