HELLO GRENADA!!!

Hello all followers! This time we will try to write in english so many more of you can get an idé of what we are doing:) Hope you get the picture of what we are trying to say!!

On the 27 of April we left Sweden to head to Grenada. Snowbird was calling for us!

Since we haven´t seen her for almost two years we were happy that we finally had time to go. 

Our first stop was London, were we met up with Ilka and Fredrik for dinner. Thank you for a lovely evening, we hope to visit you soon and for a longer time!

The day after we flew to Miami airport. As we have been there before and only had two hour transit we were a little bit stressed when we arrived.  This time we manage to get in time with only a few struggles.... custom and immegration

As the plane left Miami we could see the island we sailed two years ago. It was strange to see the passage over the golf stream and how fast we could see the beautiful Bahamian islands that took such an effort to get to last time. They are as beautiful to see from the sky as we remembered them. 

After landing on Grenada we had a feeling that everything went very smooth. Maybe a bit to smooth....??? Waiting and waiting for our bags to come we just had to realize that we were the only ones left at the airport and no more bags were coming. 

The bags are still not here but this is the view from our hotel veranda at LaSagesse. 

Good Night! We will be updating our blog almost every day! See you soon.
Ps: Martin just ordered in a rum punch!

Winner of "Snowbird, the story" competition 2011.

After a tough and exciting competition we now have a winner. The announcement: For having the right answer, being a true and engaged follower of "The Swedish Snowbird" and ending the competition where he engaged President Obama himself. 

We are happy to announce Jason as the winner of "Snowbird, the story" competition 2011. The reward will be as known, a bottle of fine rum.

Premier, Snowbird the story.

Welcome our friends! 

We have the pleasure to present the premier of Snowbird the story. For those who just want to enjoy the film: Make sure you have 20 minutes of spare time, make some popcorn, lean back in your favorie comfortable chair, start the film and enjoy! To get full screen, just dubbleclick on the screen.

For those who hunger for more and want some more excitement in life. Read the instructions for the competition below before starting the film!

Competition

There are three demands:

1: You have to be a follower or like snowbird on facebook. If you are neither of these just look at the right sidebar of the blog and sign up.

2:We love comments so please make a note of how you liked the film. PS. The comment can have affect on the judges :)

3: Count how many times you see Bruce in the film, we count head and full body. Send the answer to our email including your full name and address.

4: Enjoy the film.

The competition will keap on for one week from the premier.The lucky winner will be rewarded with a exclusive bottle of rum. Handpicked of the captin himself.



Good luck!

Nedräkningen har börjat! Åtta timmar kvar till filmvisningen!

Om åtta timmar kl 02:00 am UTC, den 14/7 startar filmvisningen av Snowbird, the story. Missa inte det! Ni har då även möjlighet att delta i Snowbirds egna tävling att vinna exklusiv rom, utprovad och kontrollerad av kaptenen själv.

Primiär på "Snowbird, the Story", en dag kvar. Vinn exklusiv rom .

Om en dag har Snowbird, the story premiär. I samband med filmvisningen  kommer även en tävling att äga rum. Vinnaren i tävlingen kan glatt kamma hem en romflaska av god kvalitet utvald av kaptenen själv :) Alltså inte att missa. Information om tävlingen kommer senare!

Premiär: "Snowbird the story",fem dagar kvar. Vinn exklusiv rom!

Om exakt fem dagar har Snowbird, the story premiär. I samband med filmvisningen  kommer även en tävling att äga rum. Vinnaren i tävlingen kan glatt kamma hem en romflaska av god kvalitet utvald av kaptenen själv :) Alltså inte att missa. Information om tävlingen kommer senare!

Snowbird nu landkrabba!

Så var det nu dags att ställa upp båten på land inför den annalkande orkansäsongen. Det var med blandade känslor som vi i tisdags fick se Snowbird hissas upp på Grenada marine. Allt gick enligt planerna även om Bruce såg något blek ut under lyftet. Botten var mindre beväxt än väntat och efter en del skrubbande och skrapande kände vi igen vår båt som hon såg ut när vi sjösatte henne.  Samma dag fick även våra hjälpsamma vänner på "Richard Cory" sin båt uppställd på marinan.  Nu arbetar vi hårt med våran lista av saker som ska göras innan hemfärd.

Avskdspressent från Mike på "Happy times"som fick gå upp tidigt för att leverera färskt.

Båten var ganska liten i fållan på marinan som är känd för att ta upp de stora katamaranerna

Marinarbetarna har lyft några båtar tidigare, förhoppningsvis!

Bruce något blek under lyftet.

Alltid lika spännande

En del efterarbete.

S/Y Rickard Cory (efter dikten) i bakgrunden. Besättningen Olga och Don framför.

Medpassagerare och snyltgäst i en av genomförningarna. Priset blev en avhuggen arm, ett avskräckande exempel för den som försöker "planka".