It looks to me as if the right wing has hinged violently, causing crinkling of the metal in the area near where the wing attaches to the body of the aircraft.
It is, of course, height of hurricane season and our own boat is apparently on the hard in St. Kitts for hurricane furlough.
The most attractive option Moorings could provide is a less-than-year-old PC403 power cat, so we are going to give that a try. I've never chartered a powerboat overnight before, so this will be a first in several ways.
While I don't see myself constantly zipping around at full speed, it will be interesting to see what the added speed makes possible. Anyone else that has made the switch that can give me some advice on how to use the opportunity to do something a bit different?
At airportmahokid09/08/202504:05 PMDid some blogs yesterday but maybe because of connection not being posted.
Our rescheduled flight from Sunday now pushed back to 200pm
American provided round trip taxi vouchers to Simpson Bay Resort along with one nights lodging and $12 food voucher per person to use anywhere on Resort
New Leopard 52MrEZgoin09/08/202503:22 PMA video just dropped on YT for those interested. Looks pretty nice, not a major departure looks wise thankfully.
Ferry schedule questionKimberlySea09/07/202507:31 PMI am trying to figure out how to get from Stt to virgin gorda on saturday. (Nov 8). We arrive in Stt at noon. I see two ferries at 4. One says to virgin gorda and the other via tortolla. Seems strange two go out at that time and nothing before that
WestJet On Runway With Slides DeployedWhale Tail09/07/202506:21 PMGo on Tortuga cam. It appears WestJet from Toronto had a hard landing and is at the end of the runway with slides deployed. No fire and it appears the passengers got off safely.
Final daymahokid09/07/202510:44 AMIt's been a great three weeks with Saturday being completely cloudy until late afternoon. Did some wash and started packing.
We were the only ones at pool until 300 pm when went left
Quickie happy hour at Roma / Mr. Chow for last chance of the fantastic calamari and oriental wings. One wing was almost the size of my wife's fist.
Quick stop at casino before trying Tortuga cafe located in our resort properly. Heard good things. It is a beautiful restaurant especially at night overlooking the ocean with the lit up sonesta hotel in the background.
Unfortunately we didn't enjoy the food as much as the atmosphere or even the evening's entertainment.
We shared a tuna tar tar which was nicely presented but flavor was just okay.
For a main course we shared a poke bowl topped with double lobster. We requested no tomatoes in the bowl but someone messed up. The lobster had a slight fishey taste and the sauce was just okay.
The entertainment was pleasant.
Back to casino to give back our winnings from previous night.
We did catch the Saturday featured entertainment who was a world champion juggler from America's Got Talent. We enjoyed the show as I was reluctantly chosen to assist on stage after my wife volunteered me.
Going home. Miss our precious cats, and new shore home. Pool open till end of month
Thanks for coming along and special thanks to all that post and keep us informed about island.
Arrived today-ishchelea09/07/202506:55 AMWe arrived today (I’m writing at 2am because I can’t sleep), staying at OBBR. Met at the airport by the always charming Lesley Bruce. First stop, Little Jerusalem for a shawarma, SO good.
There isn’t much open in our neighborhood: Big Fish, Mama Pizza, l’Oasis and even the little market Bread and Butter, all closed for the season. We were hoping to grab a few essentials, order our croissants. We’ve visited in the fall plenty of times but I can’t recall so many places closed at the same time. While we do travel to Simpson Bay and the French side for dinner often, it’s nice to have a couple of options close to home base for those times when we’re feeling lazy.
Tomorrow’s plans are a run to Carrefour and then chill by the pool. The beach here is completely gone. There is very little seaweed. There is a bit of sand in front of Coral Beach but we can’t get there from here. In all the years we’ve visited (over 20) we have never seen the beach totally disappear. It’s not a big deal since we prefer Friar’s and Pinel anyway.
So that’s the current state of affairs. We’re here for 2 weeks. If we do anything interesting, I’ll give an update. Probably will be our usual beach, pool, eat, drink, repeat. Glad to do all that in such a beautiful place 😎
Sept 6th...2017..Manpot09/07/202501:54 AMMany of our lives were changed by Hurricane Irma...it brought us together as we faced the shock of massive damage to our beloved islands. Then today a nasty looking red blob heading our way fell apart into a lowly little yellow cross. I'm not sure what that means but I am extremely grateful for it and I'll drink a margarita in a toast of thanks..
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