Grenada's Independence day

Getting to Hog island is usually done by dinghy. Here we have some local racers who simply ran their boats up onto the beach. Let the party begin!

And it began.

Being a cruiser, celebrating has a different twist to the usual. We all went to Hog island to celebrate Grenada's Independence day. Here are a few shots of the fun. The band was loud, the beer cold and the rum strong.

Pan Band

In preparation of the Independence Day celebrations, the Comancheroes Pan Band was having weekly practice. We went up to St. Paul school one night to watch. It was really something to watch students play a complete variety of musical pieces on dented, cut oil drums. The music was beautiful and astounding.

This was also a benefit for the band by the local parents association. So we had really good BBQ chicken and salad and of course rum punch to go with the music.

Cooking Class

Carolyn and Tim from Sunshine ll built a cover of many colors to go over the cabin hatch. We got a bunch of cruisers and some locals we knew to sign it. Pretty cool, eh.

We had been attending a cooking class given by Ester and Omega at Dodgy Dock restaurant at True Blue Bay. It was always fun and a bit of good food was always to be had.

Ester and Omega.


This day we had fried Mahi Mahi with spicy sauce and mashed potatoes.

Dinghy Concert 2012

We attended a Dinghy Concert very near where Moondance is anchored. This was the first concert of the year. A tugboat hauls a concrete barge to a chosen spot and anchors it off. Then the tug and the barge are used as the stage. There were a lot of familiar faces and everyone had a great time.

Charles and Pat shaking a leg.

Kim and Joe limin'.



Bab's and Tim limin'.

Just chillin'.

Holiday of Joe

After all the Christmas and New Years celebrations we all got together with Joe and Kim and rented a Catamarin for Joe's birthday. (The Festival of Joe)

Following are a few pictures of the motley crew having fun. Joe fished between stops and caught 3 blackifn tunas. One was eaten in half by a much bigger fish before he could get it to the boat. We suspect it was a wahoo.

We stopped over at Molinier point and snorkeled on the various underwater statues.



The guys.

The gals.

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