I took a bit of time off today. Particularly the morning by downloading some shows and reading a book. It was nice to take a bit of time off. As I was doing this up at the lounge area, Tracy was on the boat straightening up stuff and running "Pledge" wipes around the woodwork trying to get it back in a clean condition as all the sanding and grinding on deck had slowly filtered into the cabin. Every flat surface and many others were littered with thick dust.

Earlier in the day, as we listened to the morning VHF net we found that some friends of ours, Emerald Sea had arrived here in Grenada and after talking to them after the net, we found that they were coming to our little cove here in Grenada later in the day. We made plans to meet up later.

After a wonderful lunch of steak, potatoes and a great side salad, we wandered up to the lounge area and found Steve and Rose from Emerald Sea having just come from the office where they had made reservations to come to Secret Harbour. We sat and talked and even took a walk up to the swimming pool for the marina. A nice enticement to being here.

Tomorrow, I'll be walking over to Prickly Bay to fill out the forms for the two items I'm taking back to the US for repairs--our Canon Binoculars and a Weems and Plath clock. The binoculars had failed about 2 weeks after we started using them as the door that holds the batteries in had failed. They come with a three year warranty so they have to go back. The clocks mechanism has quit and it came with a life time warranty(already replaced once) so it's going back also. To avoid paying the import duties when I come back, I have to fill out some forms showing them leaving and Customs has to stamp and approve it. Sure beats paying a 12.5% duty on something you already own. As it is, I still have to pay 2.5% anyway.

Tonight was "chick flick" night here at the marina and we just couldn't get into it. They were showing "Silver Lining Notebook". We bagged it early as no other cruisers were watching the film, only locals had shown up. The cruisers we busy swallowing drinks while the movie played off to the side. We settled in and watched a few shows for the night.