Lay Day

Wednesday 21st August

There is no racing today, providing an opportunity for people to have a good look around the island, relax, restock provisions (mostly liquid) or attend one of the many organised lunches or events that are planned.

We decide to relax and have a bit of a look around the island. We set out on foot, initially heading to the Resort Centre on Catseye Beach, to see what is happening there. They have a pool party organised with a Mexican Theme, so we may come back there for lunch, if we don't find anything more compelling on the marina side of the island.

Resort Pool being set up for the pool party

Catseye Beach

We continued walking over the hill to the marina and down Front Street toward the yacht club. The wind is a lot stronger on this side of the island, and we see quite a few yachts heading off in the direction of Whitehaven Beach for the day, probably taking the shore crew for a day out.

Along Front street it was reasonably quiet and we ended up at the Yacht Club at the far end of the street and watched a few more boats go out, before heading back. We ran into Steve and Cherie who had bought the dinghy over from their apartment to stock up on refreshments, so gave them and hand before going back over the hill to check out the pool party. We ended up trying the Mexican Food around the pool, but at this stage (about 12.30pm) it was pretty quiet, I suppose it will get going a bit later in the day. The food was OK.

                                        We are obviously not the only ones replenishing supplies

             It is pretty quiet at the pool party ( Coca Chu Thai Restaurant in the background)

After lunch, and a bit of a wander around the resort, we went back to our apartment and sat back and relaxed, never getting sick of the spectacular view.As the day progressed, we started seeing boats returning from Whitehaven, we estimated about 20 went past in total.

Tonight Steve has organised a BBQ at his apartment. We left for the apartment at 5.30pm and the pool party down the road is now in full swing, with a few of the inflatable white swans from the pool seen travelling the island on the top of golf buggies. An early night is planned, so we arrived around their at just after 6pm, had a most enjoyable evening, and were back home at a reasonable hour.