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Summer flowers of Grenada

 So about now,  you may be asking: "what's happened to the regular Blogs from Persephone" ?  Sharks ?  Pirates ? Rum ?  No, nothing that dramatic !!

A friend, Captain Morgan of "Winergie" bought a new boat (a 64 foot catamaran named "Nirvana")  which was located in St. Maarten.  He needed help delivering the boat to Grenada and offered to fly me to St. Maartin to assist in the delivery.  I said " sounds like fun, let's go !"  So, a week ago Monday, we flew up to the SXM to pick up the new boat.  "Persephone" was left by herself on her mooring in Grenada; under the watchful eyes of  Lynn and Ken of "Silverheels III".   For security reasons, I told very few people that I had left Grenada and "Persephone" was unattended and certainly didn't want to post that information on a public Blog.
Due to red tape, the potential formation of  the tropical event 'Emily' and minor repairs needed to "Nirvana" we didn't set sail from St. Maarten until noon on Friday. "Nirvana" is a BIG, nimble and FAST cat !!  In a moderate breeze she lopped along at 15 knots (or twice the speed of "Persephone" !!   She is so fast,  I think seatbelts would be a good idea !! We did the 370 mile trip in approximately 40 hours, averaging over 9 knots....that's flying !!  We arrived back in Grenada yesterday afternoon to the oohs and ahhs of fellow cruisers.
Now that I am back, the Blog will again be updated regularly....Next event here is Carnival which started yesterday.  Another event not to be missed .....   Capt Dave