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15-05-2010, 04:41
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Long Range Cruiser
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Australian living on "Sea Life" currently in England.
Boat: Beneteau 393 "Sea Life"
Posts: 12,823
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Originally Posted by conachair
. Not a bad price to be in a country as beautiful, friendly and welcoming as Grenada. Even better if it gets rid of some grumpy moaners. .
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I agree with you. Poor people should have a less beautiful place to go. With more surly locals.
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15-05-2010, 05:02
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#17
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Senior Cruiser

Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Thunder Bay, Ontario - 48-29N x 89-20W
Boat: (Cruiser Living On Dirt)
Posts: 47,893
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Quote:
Originally Posted by MarkJ
I agree with you. Poor people should have a less beautiful place to go. With more surly locals.

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I can sign log off, now that you've given me my morning belly-laugh.
Thanks!
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15-05-2010, 05:26
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#18
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Armchair Bucketeer
Join Date: Oct 2006
Posts: 10,012
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Quote:
Originally Posted by MarkJ
I agree with you. Poor people should have a less beautiful place to go. With more surly locals.

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Nah, you need to keep the peasants - they look good in the holiday snaps
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15-05-2010, 06:25
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#19
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cruiser
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: Probably in an anchorage or a boatyard..
Boat: Ebbtide 33' steel cutter
Posts: 5,031
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Quote:
Originally Posted by MarkJ
I agree with you. Poor people should he a less beautiful place to go. With more surly locals.

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ROTFL   
Donīt think Iīve been anywhere inexpensive that wasnīt beautiful with friendly locals!
But lets face it, the windwards and leewards are an expensive place to cruise. Tinned food, fruit and veg, beer, eating out even in a local cafe, boat bits - none of it cheap. Though some people I met even payed for hotspot wifi in prickly bay! Such undreamed of wealth. Ģ12.50 a month really isnīt the end of the world, is it?
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15-05-2010, 06:50
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#20
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Long Range Cruiser
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Australian living on "Sea Life" currently in England.
Boat: Beneteau 393 "Sea Life"
Posts: 12,823
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Quote:
Originally Posted by conachair
. Ģ12.50 a month really isnīt the end of the world, is it?
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Go put that on a "$500 per month" thread and you will be pilloried as a millionaire!
Seriously though, we are considering doing a hurricane season in the Caribbean to let the budget catch up. So an extra $264 might make us stay in Trinada and only do Grenada for 1 month instead of 3 or 4 months.
Its that hide behind an island thing.
Theres no use spending big when the idea is to save for a few months. We will look somewhere else where the palms are green and the coconuts are cool
Mark
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15-05-2010, 07:16
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#21
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Registered User
Join Date: Apr 2010
Posts: 294
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Quote:
Originally Posted by MarkJ
I agree with you. Poor people should have a less beautiful place to go. With more surly locals.

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  ROFL
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15-05-2010, 11:23
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#22
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cruiser
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: Probably in an anchorage or a boatyard..
Boat: Ebbtide 33' steel cutter
Posts: 5,031
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Quote:
Originally Posted by MarkJ
Seriously though, we are considering doing a hurricane season in the Caribbean to let the budget catch up. So an extra $264 might make us stay in Trinada and only do Grenada for 1 month instead of 3 or 4 months.
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Just for the record, I got 3 month visa when i checked in atprickly bay, thought it was the same for everyone but could be wrong.
Would be even better there if they did doubles for breakfast at tt$3 like trini.
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16-05-2010, 00:56
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Registered User
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: South coast of England, moving around a bit.
Boat: Long range motor cruiser
Posts: 750
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One the subject of Trini versus Grenada, I seem to remember that in 2009 the security situation was getting very bad, with cruisers actually organising a night time dinghy patrol. Those of you in the know, is it still as bad?
If there is less crime or security is better in Grenada then I'd think that was a 'unique selling point' and be willing to pay the extra fee, just for a greater peace of mind.
We are still not sure what we are going to be doing this year and next, the islands may or may not feature in our plans but security will be an issue when we decide.
P.
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16-05-2010, 06:02
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Registered User
Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: A real life Zombie from FL
Boat: Gulfstar 53 - Osiris
Posts: 5,416
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Quote:
Originally Posted by fishwife
One the subject of Trini versus Grenada, I seem to remember that in 2009 the security situation was getting very bad, with cruisers actually organising a night time dinghy patrol. Those of you in the know, is it still as bad?
If there is less crime or security is better in Grenada then I'd think that was a 'unique selling point' and be willing to pay the extra fee, just for a greater peace of mind.
We are still not sure what we are going to be doing this year and next, the islands may or may not feature in our plans but security will be an issue when we decide.
P.
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Unfortunately, or fortunately depending on how you look at it. The security situation has reversed. We have had more incidents of stolen motors, dinghys, robberies, and even attempted murder against cruisers here in Grenada while Trinidad has settled down considerably. All over the Caribbean things move in cycles where one "bad" spot is now a "good" spot and vice versa.
- - Trinidad has 18 people for every one person in Grenada and Trinidad is a large industrial complex island and like most large cities around the world there is plenty of crime numerically in and around the "big" city. But the cruisers have adapted and do not anchor out except in one nicely protected little bay at TTSA. The rest are in marinas or on the hard -and - take simple security measures to thwart thefts because of the perceived reality of more potential crime. I have been going there once or twice a year for the last 6 years and have never had any incidents or even "close-to" an incident. But I do know of robberies and thefts that happened during that time period to friends and other cruisers. So it is not totally rosey or totally bad.
- - Unfortunately in the Windward Islands from Grenada north the historic near total absence of significant and even petty crime has passed and now there is significantly more incidents being reported and even seen first hand. The world is "even-ing" out with few if any places "free" of crime now. So it is important to take precautions and plan carefully everywhere, not just in the "historically" perceived bad places. Complaceny in the historically "good" places might be contributing to the increase in crime there as we don't think we have to be as aware and careful.
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