Feet up at Foxy's Bar, BVI'S

Feet up at Foxy's Bar, BVI'S

Thursday, May 27, 2010

Port Stanley - Fog & Fish Nets

Hello All, 
We left Erieau after staying one nite, and set off for Port Stanley.  The weather was hot & sunny until we got away from the harbour when it turned like pea soup!  Doug thought he would be fishing and I thought I'd be scrubbing the deck, making her all shiny for arriving in Port.  However, plans change, we sat our buts down, Doug on the starboard side, and Myself on the Port side, and took watch.  We saw several fish net flags which was very irritating trying to figure out in the fog as they are marked by a black, green, and sometimes red flag, between the flags are buoys, white, green, orange, any colour, and then you see a second set sometimes which you have to go inbetween, it's a gateway to go thru, however, it's still scary knowing that you prop & keel could easily get entangled. 
We finally saw the Port Stanley Lighthouse as it eventually cleared up. We sailed in as the sun was going down, beautiful!  All of our friends met us on the dock, helping us with our lines, just like old times.  We were presented with a glass of red, and sat by the fire after giving the grand tour of Zingara.  Good Times.
Brian & Lorna made us a delicious champagne breakfast the next morning, very nice.
Later in the afternoon, we picked up our good friends, Christine & Terry in London, as they have joined us for our next exciting week of sailing Zingara home.  We all had a big dinner at the Marina, it was a Pork Chop Potluck!  Thank you Mike & Margo for joining us for dinner also. The weather has been hot, hot, hot, and we are all getting brown as berries! Thank you everyone in Port Stanley, it was nice to get together again.

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