James Walker, Blue Bay Mauritius

13th January 2009

Email from James Walker, Blue Bay Mauritius.

Hi Coenie
 
Just enclose some pics from the sky of Celine where we slept over for the weekend at Ile De La Passe, an island about 8 km from mainland Mauritius.  The water temperature is about 28 c and the fishing is great.  Our next trip will be round Mauritius which takes about 3-4 days.
 
Interesting to read about people with keel problems and I think we all have stories.  A few years ago before I bought the yacht the keel fell out of Celine in Blue Bay Marine Park. As you can imagine the boat became very unstable but they were still able to move the boat around with the engine.  It was picked up and fitted back with a lot of help from swimmers.  They had rigged an electrical winch and had fitted steal cable around all the pulleys.  As you can imagine it just slipped out.  Everything was put back to the original with rope and hand winch.
 
Keep well and really great to keep up with the news from other boat owners.
 
Kind regards