Aboard Dignity (Lagoon 420) Blog

We’ve been asked by a few folks for a critique of the boat. So here I go with what we liked and what we didn’t. The context of this critique is our needs for our boat. Those with different requirements will have to take this into account. It’s personal. So before we get to my pros and cons I want to recap what we were looking for in a boat.

First and foremost, our boat will be our home. We wanted a boat we would be comfortable living in at anchor, on a mooring and occasionally in dock. Second, while we originally weren’t thinking about an ecological boat, the Lagoon 420 appealed to us in a very big way with it’s great potential for regeneration and platform for solar power. Third came performance. It doesn’t matter too much to us as when we finally move aboard, time will not be our problem. We’ll be in no rush. But to be fair, nor do we want a bus.

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No rush to get up this morning. Eventually we picked ourselves out of bed and picked off some of the remaining food. John and I took the dinghy round to The Caves to get some last minute wet time. The fish were abundant and we even bumped into Bert the Barracuda who is a pretty big guy and known to frequent the area.

As we arrived back at Dignity Bonnie and Brian showed up so we were happy to again show people around Dignity including opening up covers to show motors, electrics, etc.

We then set sail to cross the channel back to Nanny Cay where we docked at the fuel dock and then again at her resting place. The fun thing about docking in a marina is you always get an audience. When docking in our final berth we had the CatCo and another set of guest all watching. The guests made a point of letting us know they were watching just to add to the pressure – all part of the fun. No bumps fortunately.

We had lunch at the cafe in Nanny Cay and then showers in the hotel. Eventually it was time to leave which was sad. The taxi ride back to the airport follows the coast so you get to see the islands recently visited but now receding. We checked in quickly and had just enough time to visit Trellis Bay for 10 mins before boarding.

The flight home was uneventful. New Jersey was cold.

Upon arriving home we were presented with a few mysteries. Why was the pipe wrench in the kitchen? Why were the plants moved? Why was our older son’s Carmen Electra poster under our bed? Simple answer. We are now back to life on land.

 Day 8 Google Earth Track

I woke up this morning looking out of my window at the beach. I’m going to miss this.

We got up very slowly this morning. We didn’t set sail until 10am. I was keen to get over the channel as it looked like rain was coming in. We did indeed miss it and as we looked behind we saw the rain tip down where we were once just anchored.

Our first stop was The Indians where John and I snorkeled around the rocks. We took plenty of photos / videos including several of us swimming through a rock tunnel. In time I’ll be posting more of these pics and videos.

After The Indians we planned to head over to The Caves for some more snorkeling but on the way we changed our mind and decided to go and moor in The Bight, Norman Island as it looked like it was already filling up and this was where we were planning to spend the evening.

Lunch was a BBQ of the remaining burgers with Tuna & Cucumber sarnies. With a couple of beers each we all fell asleep. I woke first and decided to trim my nails. While sitting on the port transom the dinghy, which was tied to the starboard transom, decided to untie itself and float off. Of all the times this happened just at the time I was looking. It was therefore fairly simple for me to go inside, get the key, check my pockets and dive in and give chase. Having woken up and got wet I decided to use the this as an opportunity to flood and clear the dingy of the sand we collected when landing on Sandy Cay what seems a long time ago. This was my big adventure of the day.

Tonight we’re going to eat at Pirates in The Bight then head over to Willy T’s for dancing. More, perhaps, later.

 Day 7 Google Earth Track