We arrived here in Grenada at 2010 (8:10pm) and cleared through Customs by 2145 (9:45pm) with a few items we called boat parts that included and new light for our cockpit, a new hand held radio, some fishing lures and an inflatable kayak. The officials wanted us to leave the items at the airport and return with a signed document from the customs office where Annecam is located, plus they wanted us to use a Customs broker but they come at a cost, plus the extra taxi fares would have made the few items very expensive. We chose to pay the top rate of 27% to import our items and that meant only one taxi fare and no brokers fees. That worked out the cheapest option for us. All of the research that I’ve done I could not find any way of bonding the items from the airport directly to our yacht in transit duty free. Most countries we have been to have a way to do this.
We found Annecam as we had left her, well almost the way that we had left her, the boatyard staff had shifted her to a new location. The air temperature was 26c at 2200 (10pm) and as we entered Annecam the inside temperature was at least another 10c hotter, we opened all of the hatches to cool he down and the welcoming committee of squillions of mosquitos arrived and attacked us like we were the last supper, so our first night on board was a warm one with lots of swatting along with a very broken sleep.
Today we caught up with some of the cruisers that were here when we left as we watched the final of the rugby world cup, congratulations goes to New Zealand. At least we can say that the two best teams in the world played in the final.
Thanks goes to Ian and Wendy for the ride back to Annecam from Secret Harbour.
Life is nice and warm once again on board Annecam.