I've gone and bought a cat

[jwcolby54]

Uh... no one buys a cat. You just pick them up off the street corner. Feed them once and they never leave.

[Sundowners]

Thanks all for the kind words and encouragement.
With trembling hand will untie the lines tomorrow.

Regards
Bruce


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[goldenananda]

Originally Posted by Sundowners

Hello all,

After 18 months searching I have just bit the bullet and bought a Lipari. I am in Guadeloupe and will head to St Martin then south to Grenada. If anyone is in the area let me know.

Excited yet anxious.


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congratulations
I have been in Grenada for the last several years during hurricane season...it's a good place to be and it has a very active cruising community...cruising net is at 7:30am on Ch 66.

I had an Island Packet 350 and took it back to Florida and sold it about a year ago...then bought a L410 S2 owner's edition last November in Martinique (Le Marin)....took it to St Maartin and then to Grenada...then took visiting friends from Grenada to Martinique and back to Grenada a couple of times. Everybody is surprised at how well the cat handles even in high winds and seas and how comfortable it is. Selling the Island Packet and buying a cat was a good move for me...and I think you'll be happy sailing your Lipari. Cats are fast and comfortable...and my girlfriend loves this cat. And we do not reef until 22+kts.

I'm in Mt Hartman Bay (Secret Harbor)...the first cat you see on the left side of the harbor as you enter. Good cruising.

I notice people saying that you'll be motoring a lot. But we only motor going in and out of harbors and on the lee side of the large islands...windshadow effect.

[dasurfclub]

Congrats!


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[krafthaus]

Congrats Sundowners! Are you around Rodney Bay at all between Monday and Wednesday coming up? It's Carnival time in St. Lucia. We're there until Thursday.

[Nicholson58]

Originally Posted by jwcolby54

Uh... no one buys a cat. You just pick them up off the street corner. Feed them once and they never leave.

Keep the cucumbers away. They find them terrifying.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hXp9Di4Ggy0

[Catamoron]

Not sure I caught the name of the boat...we are in Prickly Bay and will be for about another week. We're in a 1994 Fountaine Pajot Venezia named Catchin' Rays.....you can't miss us...the name is on each side at the bow and about 7 feet long. Congrats on the purchase.