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Supplamental LOG ENTRY DATE: April 29, 2004 I had been anticipating my return to Chase for some time, so was quite pleased when she was the first boat I spied as I walked into the marina, bag in hand. After being away from this “home” of eight months, it was a welcome sight to open up the companionway slide and see everything just as I had left it three months earlier. The next couple of weeks were to be spent exploring a little, in addition to performing various chores in preparation for the trip back north to Maine. No trip to Tortola is complete without a stop at the Full Moon party at Bomba’s Shack on the northwest end of the island. On that night each month, the shack which remains standing apparently only out of habit, is host to hundreds of tourists and locals, all of whom consume copious quantities of Bomba’s famous rum punch and mushroom tea. Amidst all of the action sits the inscrutable Bomba, whose favorite activity seems to be to encourage the ladies to bare their breast for him. In return, he will grant a free beverage. For those more adventurous revelers willing to part with other articles of underwear, the reward is a free Bomba T-shirt! Judging by the number of panties which festoon the premises, the local T-shirt concession is doing just fine. In short, the spectacle was impressive and lasted late into the night. Not entertainment for everyone, though everyone there seemed to enjoy themselves to the fullest. In the following days crew started to filter in, starting with Mike Cunning from Belfast, Maine. I worked with Mike some years ago and knew that he’d be an enthusiastic and entertaining member of the crew. He was followed the next day by Jim Barker from Burlington, Vermont and finally on May 11 by Paul Campbell from Portland. Mike and Jim kept busy provisioning the boat for the trip and returned from what must have been Tortola’s equivalent of Sam’s Club, with the world’s largest salami, “El Magnifico” (link). Based on this acquisition alone, there will be no need to go hungry for several weeks. No sooner had Paul arrived on May 11, and introductions completed, than I was back down at customs clearing him out of the country again for our morning departure on May 12. Ah well, such is the life of a working man Paul! So, that done, we completed our chores and set out on a gorgeous morning out of Roadtown, Tortola to be greeted by the northeast trades blowing 20-25 knots, a great way to set out for Bermuda, the first leg of the journey home. The departure, though much anticipated, is bittersweet for me, since it signals the last leg of this incredible year long journey. The expectation however, is that this leg will put an exclamation point on the trip as memorable as any of our adventures. |
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