Unfortunately the time had come to seek out a marina and get our battery problem resolved. We ended up being marina bound for 5 days from January 17 to 21 in Road Harbour. Marinas are strange places that can be enjoyable and frustrating at the same time. We tried to make the most of the situation by getting a few weeks worth of laundry done, shopping for groceries and other necessities and doing odd repair jobs on the yacht. The town was pretty much divided by marinas, the cruise ship dock with surrounding upmarket shops and the local less attractive business centre. My daily walk to the supermarket was an interesting one because in this part of the Caribbean you see chickens and roosters on the streets rather than cats or dogs. It's a bit of a difficult scene to get your head around but the chickens seem to survive the mad car driving and live quite happily pecking away along the roadside being dodged by humans. Ian did happen to make friends with a local dock cat that visited our yacht for food. We gave it some tidbits but it got a bit cheeky and ended up sitting on our yacht and even poked it's head through the bedroom porthole a couple of times during the night. We had to discourage it thereafter but I later learned that the dockside cat (called Popcorn) is well taken care of by a local lady and has regular Vet visits.
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