So I got my snorkel gear on and set off to touch up my bottom with a green scrubber. I was not expecting more than a light coating of fur, boy was I wrong, there was significant fouling 1/2 inch barnacles and some spectacular soft coal growth. It was time to get the big scraper out again and give it laldy. Now I am used to being very popular with the local fish and expect yellowtails blue runners and various grunts to snack on my scrapings. But today we had only one fish and he was very aggressive to other fish.
It was that most outrageously colored denizen of the shallows, a Picasso Triggerfish.
I had wimped out of going to town yesterday knowing that St Georges would be totally rammed with cruise ship passangers we had no less than four. The facilities can really only handle two medium sized jobbies.
The poor revelation had to anchor out and we had one crammed onto the commercial dock.
A side effect of Irma and Maria.
Meanwhile recovery in the islands worst hit is not going well with Political chaos in St Marten.
“One week later, November 10th 2017, the Magic Eight passed another motion discharging Prime Minister Marlin of his duties with immediate effect and resolving to install Acting Prime Minister Rafael Boasman as the new Prime Minister. Popularly speaking, parliament fired the Prime Minister twice and then requested the Acting Prime Minister, in whom, one week prior, they had no confidence, to become the new Prime Minister.
St Thomas
Now 61 days in the dark for our islands.32% power restoration closest to towns.
Puerto Rico
Maybe 25% has electricity and again about 25% has mains water although I am told that it is erratic.
With only one small cruiseship in I risked the town and did the rounds of post office [ parcel still not arrived. ] optician [ ne replacement lense ] Digicel top up. and a fruitless search for tomatoes.
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