14 November Bonaire

mooring field

Bonaire is so lovely, so nice. It was an easy three day downwind sail from Trinidad which brought us to the Kralendijk mooring field on a Sunday morning. All moorings were occupied and anchoring is strictly forbidden in this island national park. We continued north and in to the Village Harbour marina to tie alongside on the super yacht jetty. The marina office is closed on Sunday's so we had to wait until the next day to organise a berth until a mooring ball became available. Marvellous Mavis waived the fee for our Sunday on the superyacht dock and only charged us $0.85 per foot per night plus 6% tax for a slip.

over 55'? Proceed to the big dock

On Sunday afternoon we'd taken the dinghy in to town and met the crew of a boat we knew from Trinidad in the island boutique brewery. A chance meeting which happened to be a lucky meeting. They were leaving at dawn on Tuesday morning and suggested we could take the mooring they were on. These mooring balls are in such high demand people are out cruising in their dinghies before the sun rises waiting to pounce as soon as a boat drops their lines. It was very cut throat.

Clearing in is taken care of in one office in the centre of town. There are no charges and the officers are super friendly. What's not to like about Bonaire. The buildings are painted bright colours. The town is clean and there is diving in warm, clear water.

Polly has her manservant take her out