Bachelorette and Boats

So what does this all mean......
Let's start with the bachelorette. That would be ME! Tom left for St Croix on Wed so for 10 days I will be the bachelorette. He will be back next Saturday so I still have one full week on being on my own in KW.

So why is Tom in St Croix.... Our friends, Jan & Ray, bought beach front property there. It is a beautiful place (so I hear since I don't have pictures yet) with lots of sand, palm trees & a great ocean view. The house that that is on the property is in bad shape and isn't something that J&R want to keep so this is when the house is coming down and the property is being cleaned/ leveled for the building to begin. They aren't sure when the building will begin since it takes along time to get the permits and get the house built. They are estimating a couple of more years till it is ready to move into. Yes things move slowly with island time. It has taken them months just to get the permits to clear the land. They have already started the request for the permits to build but there have been many obstacles that they are having to overcome, some due to the beach front restrictions, some due to difficult govt regulations and the interpretation of what they mean and they are trying to do it all long distance. Ray is a contractor and had done many houses so the process is not new to him and since he knows how it all works so that is very much in their favor.

Anyway Tom went with Ray to help clear the property. Things have been slow here in KW due to weather so the he has only been out once in 3 weeks with an investor dive trip. With so much time on his hands I booked him a flight and room and sent him with Ray. You already know that 1000 spare feet is just not enough room for both of us 24/7. So far Tom has spent the last couple of days swinging a chain saw to down trees that are where the house will go and to clean up the trees lost from the last hurricane. St Croix took a direct hit from Hurricane Omar a few weeks ago so there was clean up to do from that. So for 10 days I am just a KW bacholette doing the usual stuff with friends!

Note on Tom's captain status. He has received all of his official paperwork and license to be a Certified Charter Captain! The last time he was out he took the Lucky Dog as both boat captain and dive mater. Happy to say that captain and investor divers all made it out, dove and made it back safely. As Chris (owner of the Lucky Dog) would say "Cheated death one more day".

Now the Boats. This week has brought the 28th Annual World Championship Super Boat races to KW. Last weekend the big boats started rolling in so it has been a week filled with the sound of boats racing on the water. There are 23 boats that have already had races on Wed and Fri. I didn't get a chance to see any of them since I was working but the finals are tomorrow and I am going to watch. The race course is set up along the island so there is a number of places that you can watch from. Last Sun they had a boat parade down Duval. The Iguana is just off of Duval and one of our favorite places to what Duval so we were there and had a great view of the boats. Some of the are amazing! Then Wed night Mel Fisher hosted a party for the racers so I went along to help out. It was a lot of fun and I got to meet some of the race teams. Then last night part of Duval was closed for a street party and once again they had many of the boats parked along the street so you could see them. I ant wait to see them in the water tomorrow. Here is the web site if you want to check out more about it. http://www.superboat.com/

So that is the story of the bachlorette & boats. When Tom gets back next Sat I will have him post about this St Croix adventure.