BACK TO THE CARIBBEAN
First of all, apologies for our hasty departure from Topsham but Captain McCabe felt the need to be back on his boat and surrounded by water again. Katie also had a Caribbean outfit that she was itching to wear!
Her passport arrived last Wednesday, we were on the internet booking flights the following day and on a plane to Paris by the Saturday. Not bad for a 14 day-old baby… Katie took it all in her stride and slept through the whole experience.
After a day’s rest and recuperation in Paris, we boarded a Corsair jumbo on Sunday for the 8-hour flight to St Maarten. We were allocated the best seats on the plane - row 1, right in the nose, window seats with a view almost looking forward and all the legroom in the world. Also a clever cot for Katie that clipped onto the bulkhead. So clever that we were tempted to see if they had a spare one for the boat!
Again, Katie slept through the majority of the flight and didn’t seem to suffer too badly on landing, feeding as the plane came down. We got this great shot out of the window as we were about to land in St Maarten over the beach where we got sand-blasted waving off the Whittons back in January.
We were relieved to find that all was well on ‘Ros Ailither‘ - the paint and varnish was in amazingly good condition after 3 months in the sun and the inside was well aired out thanks to leaving the portholes open. We have now all had a couple of days to adjust to the time difference, the heat (about 28 degrees) and the new surroundings and Katie seems to be settling in well on board. She has already had her first open-air bath on deck, several swings in the hammock with her daddy, and a trip to the local yacht club for happy hour!
We are now busy getting the boat ready for the trip north which we hope to be starting within a couple of weeks. It is lovely to be back ‘home’, but it has been brilliant to catch up with everybody in Topsham, and Katie would like to say thank you for all her lovely presents, cards and cuddles. And special thanks to the Topsham Birthing Centre for letting her be a true Topsham girl!
First of all, apologies for our hasty departure from Topsham but Captain McCabe felt the need to be back on his boat and surrounded by water again. Katie also had a Caribbean outfit that she was itching to wear!
Her passport arrived last Wednesday, we were on the internet booking flights the following day and on a plane to Paris by the Saturday. Not bad for a 14 day-old baby… Katie took it all in her stride and slept through the whole experience.
After a day’s rest and recuperation in Paris, we boarded a Corsair jumbo on Sunday for the 8-hour flight to St Maarten. We were allocated the best seats on the plane - row 1, right in the nose, window seats with a view almost looking forward and all the legroom in the world. Also a clever cot for Katie that clipped onto the bulkhead. So clever that we were tempted to see if they had a spare one for the boat!
Again, Katie slept through the majority of the flight and didn’t seem to suffer too badly on landing, feeding as the plane came down. We got this great shot out of the window as we were about to land in St Maarten over the beach where we got sand-blasted waving off the Whittons back in January.
We were relieved to find that all was well on ‘Ros Ailither‘ - the paint and varnish was in amazingly good condition after 3 months in the sun and the inside was well aired out thanks to leaving the portholes open. We have now all had a couple of days to adjust to the time difference, the heat (about 28 degrees) and the new surroundings and Katie seems to be settling in well on board. She has already had her first open-air bath on deck, several swings in the hammock with her daddy, and a trip to the local yacht club for happy hour!
We are now busy getting the boat ready for the trip north which we hope to be starting within a couple of weeks. It is lovely to be back ‘home’, but it has been brilliant to catch up with everybody in Topsham, and Katie would like to say thank you for all her lovely presents, cards and cuddles. And special thanks to the Topsham Birthing Centre for letting her be a true Topsham girl!
posted by Katie at 9:20 PM
2 Comments:
Katie looks wonderfull its a shame She didn't get to meet the Aunty that She seems to get Her good looks from lol.
I wish You All the very best & look forward to seeing You All soon.
Happy Birhtday Dave for the 6th May
with All Our love Jill & Nikita xxxx
well hello to my old pals finally got to put pen to paper nice to hear of yr new member to your family yes it junior from carriacou still scrubing the decks .you guys are always in my thoughts.left yr details hm now mum finally found them put every thing away an cant find them mato hme doing a bit on boat if yr in uk would like to catch up wd u my girlfriend email as below congrats to both of you.
layla_razzak@hotmail.com
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