i got the boat cleaned up and then tracked down double d (aka dolphin daze) and left a note for jaimee. i knew she was due in at 4pm and seth was not due in until almost midnight. i went and bought tom yet another burger dinner at village key and then went looking for jaimee again. at this point it was obvious a party was going on on one of the 5800s so i pulled up and hailed the boat. someone recognized me and invited me on board and there was jaimee in supper happy form along with half the moorings 5800 fleet.
the party was in full swing with champagne left over from charters being poured like water. it became increasingly obvious that the big challenge was going to be keeping the party going away until seth arrived. the party btw was a going away party for seth and jaimee as they where leaving the moorings to start on a new 60 foot privilege cat based in st martin. jaimee;s friend wisely pushed for us getting food even though jaimee and i where not hungry, she eventually dragged us down tho dock to pick up 60$ pizza from the moorings restaurant.
thanks to the pizza we all managed to to survive until seth arrived. the party was pretty hopping i even danced to red solo cup with ulyian one of the moorings chefs, quite fun. eventually seth texted he had landed and a cheer went up. before long there he was on the dock and the party picked up.
eventually we declared victory, i only made it as far as seth and jaimee's salon, it is amazing how nice sleeping in air con is once and a while. jaimee made it almost all the way home but did a final swim in road harbor. fortunately she did not have her new smart phone with her.
the next am i was supposed to haul palapa , surprisingly that did not happen, as it turned out there was a boat sinking that took palapa's spot so it was a good call. the next day was pretty much a loss, jaimee had gotten her passport taken at immigration so she had to get it back. seth packed up a bit of his stuff for transport by palapa to st martin. tom showed up and he and i fought over bits of canned food etc that seth and jaimee where getting rid of
eventually the day degenerated into another going away party of sorts for sava and ulyana who where heading off on charter the next day. we invited ourselves over (with food) and again had long fun evening.
the next day seth and i again work up in the air con salon of DD. at this point we where starting to run out of time so packing began in ernest. we shuffled between packing and running stuff out to palapa until dark. i was the smart one who decided we needed some food again so ordered another 60 dollars in pizza.
this would have worked out to be plenty of pizza but as it turned out tom ended up eating most of it. in spite of my protests to save a slice or two for the travelers when seth returned from his final shower tom had consumed it all.
a dragged tom and i off the boat to give jaimee and seth a final night alone on dd. first thing in the am is seemed we where back on dd with me making coffee for everyone and trying to get the last minute stuff in the dingy. seth and jaimee finally got to the cab only 30 minutes late. another end of era era moment
i would be following in palapa on what should have been a sixteen hour boring motor but alas things never work out as planned ….
cheers
roger
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