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More about Grenada

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A word also about the anchorage here: The Dinghy dock sucks, our dinghy was underneath the dock and so it now has scratches everywhere. The dock should have a proper conctruction to prevent dinghies going underneath. Also the swell and mosquitos here are not helping to find a good night sleep. So if you want to have your boat hauled out here, then just arrive a day before. The price for the haulout is very competitive, it was 228 USD for LinoCat and 85 USD for the high pressure wash. 38USD is it for the "chock", which is the storage of the boat. This price includes even 5 days on the hard for the boat. Island waterworld has a store here, where you can get Jotun and Seahawk Antifoulings. People in Grenada marine are very friendly and helpful. Now about the island tour: For 55USD per day plus tax you can rent a car from Francis directly at the Grenada Marine store. We got a small Jeep with AC which was in very good condition and we cruised around the island. First we vis

For our Lani fans

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Due to many requests, here are some more pictures of Lani. She usually still is in a good mood but has developed a really strong will. When she plays the game that all her teddybears should sit around here and one falls over she really gets angry and is complaining heavily. She is crawling all over the boat and she can already climb the seat on the helm station completly on her own. Scary stuff! Yesterday in the rum destillery she fell over and a little part of a front tooth broke off. She only cried for 2 minutes and that was it. A tough girl but i am not sure if this is good or not because she tends to do dangerous stuff :-) The pictures on the bottom is my favorite. In the beginning she only wanted to smell all the spices but now she is licking on all the packages. it is really amazing that she tried to eat everything. Yesterday evening she had "Chicken Satay in spicy peanut sauce" and she liked it.