[password]seabird14
[position] 12 01.380 N 061 40.722 W
[heading] hauled out
[speed] hauled out
[weather] 16 kts ENE
[status] Hauled out, St Davids Harbour, Grenada. Since arriving 7 days ago we have been working steadily to get Kailani ready to be hauled out and on the hard for the impending 6 month hurricane season. The travel lift has been going non-stop with boats all getting lifted, cradled and strapped for what all hope will be a kinder hurricane season for the Caribbean. We are one mile south of the latitude acceptable by our insurance for being out of the hurricane belt. Making it into the cradle yesterday was moderately dramatic, having to be towed in with a cross breeze, a very narrow slipway with zero depth to port, a steady 15 kts from starboard. The real interesting part was the Caribbean engineering used when it was time to have the lift drive away from our cradled boat. Our radar tower stuck up about 6 inches too high for the lift to clear, so the guys piled up various pieces of wood scraps for the lift to drive up and over to clear Kailani. The lift backed up, the wood cracked, we cringed, the lift settled too low, the lift drove forward, and the process was repeated until there was a big mess of wood, but eventually the lift cleared. Now she is set, and we are putting the last bits to bed for Kailani to rest comfortably. It was a VERY short season for us, most of our time getting ready for and making passage, with the highlights of cruising being our week in St Helena and those sweet days and nights of S Atlantic sailing. We fly back to the US in 6 hours, and will enjoy summer in the northern latitudes visiting family and friends, with an ever watchful eye on the weather down here in Grenada.
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