Trinidad: Christmas - the Farm - and a Haulout

12/01 -02/02

	We spent Christmas,2001 anchored in Scotland Bay, Trinidad. We cut down some jungle foliage for our Christmas tree this year.
Santa didn't disappoint us this year; we got lots of nice gifts, from each other and from friends and neighbors.	It seems Santa left his reindeer at home.
Brave Captain Jack returns from "Christmas tree" hunting.	Equipped with rubber knee boots to fend off snake attacks, and a razor sharp machete, Jack is ready for anything.

The day after Christmas, we stumbled upon an abandoned farm. The fruit was rotting on the ground where it had fallen, so we had to save it! Click here for the full story: The Secret Garden	Jack in the PINK grapefruit tree!
Free food!!	This picture shows only a fraction of what we brought away with us. We played Santa ourselves by bringing good cheer and fresh produce to our neighbors anchored in Scotland Bay.
Shortly after the holidays, we gave Naga a much needed haulout, needed to prepare for our planned long voyages to places with few yachting facilities. It extended right through Carnival! The Twelve Days Of Christmas On the 12th day of Christmas my true love gave to me; twelve sloppy painters eleven lazy laborers ten tons of sawdust nine new cuts and scratches eight gooey messes seven spots of dryrot six stiff paint brushes five sanding disks four cans of paint three wet rags two tubes of glue and a haulout at Powerboats Marine New and improved lyrics by Chrissi
Mohan and Dinish spray paint the topsides.	Chrissi adds the finishing touches.
It was hot and dirty in the boatyard and, after 5 weeks of hard work, the cleanup was a relief.	Kadisha and Chrissi, the dirty boatyard girls.
Naga's looking really sexy now with her shiny bright topsides, newly painted decks, and baby-butt-smooth bottom.	SPLASH!!!
... the HARDEST part!!	After the the paint, painters, carpenters, the yard bill, the chandlery bill, the machine shop and riggers, and gallons of cold soft drinks, we get to the bottom line: parting with money...

In the middle of all this was . . .

Trinidad Carnival 2002!

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A sailor's Trinidad with fun travel and work and play and voyage prepartions!