The Flats, Colon 13th March

We spent the morning with our fingers crossed hoping the measurer would come in time for us to go to the bank and he did. By 11am we had been measured. Our measurer was a lovely guy called Eric. Jonny rang Tito and arranged for him to meet them ashore at 1pm to go to the bank.

At 12.45pm Jonny and the guys headed ashore but by 2pm Tito still hadnt turned up despite several phone calls so as the bank shut at 3.30pm they decided to get taxis.

By 3.30pm they were back at the yacht club and Brenda and I headed ashore to meet them to go to the Free Zone - a duty free area with the town. The town and free zone were quite scary and trying to get a taxi back from the free zone was hard work as it was 5pm and then the taxi driver (along with all the rest of the drivers) was crazy!

Jonny and Ray went over to Red Herring to sort out who was going with who through the canal then we could ring the measurers - Newtsville, Sunchaser and Vagabond Heart are going through on Thurs 19th, Balu and Red Herring are going through on Sat 21st.

We had a lovely tea on Sunchaser with some fresh meat which we havent had since leaving Bonaire!