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Grenada, Island Dreams & Covid-19 – 13th April 2020

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Grenada now has 14 cases of Covid-19.  The earlier cases have recovered and there have been no deaths.  The last 2 cases were announced on Thursday, following a large exercise to test known contacts of existing cases.  Grenada can now test on-island rather than relying on sending samples to Trinidad, which is a great step forward.  For reliable information, see the GIS Grenada website and Facebook page.  There is a useful graphic with the details of the sources and spread here.

Borders are currently closed by sea and air, except to cargo.  The current Limited State of Emergency and associated curfew regulations have another week to run, and the next steps are under review.  If you have a Boatyard or Marina booking it is important that you register on grenadalima.com as soon as possible.  This portal has been established by the Marine and Yachting Association of Grenada, to assist in discussions with Government and planning for the next few weeks. 

In terms of Island Dreams, boat checks continue with check reports emailed as usual, but no other work is permitted at this time. 

Our staff are all well and healthy.  Chris is keeping up his strength cooking himself some fine lunches. Serrant and Randolph came back from their STCW course in Trinidad on 17th March and were immediately quarantined as a Covid-19 precaution.  After that, we moved straight into 24 hour curfew so they have now been together for much longer than expected.  Fortunately they have been friends since school days, so are coping well!

We are obviously keen to get back to work, but 100% supportive of Grenada’s measures to keep Covid-19 spread to a minimal level which are working so far.  Hope all are safe and healthy – feel free to contact us at any time – info@islandreamsgrenada.com.

Island Dreams & Covid-19 – Current Situation 1st April 2020

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Due to the Corvid-19 pandemic, Grenada has closed its borders by sea and air.  On Wednesday 25th March a Limited State of Emergency was declared to enable activities to be regulated, and currently we have a 24 hour curfew with all non-essential activities and movement prohibited.

Our Port Louis and Clarkes Court offices are closed and administration functions are being run by Mark, Tracy and Anita from home.  All Island Dreams staff and families are healthy and at their homes.  We can check boats and do anything necessary for the security and safety of vessels and their systems.  Check reports are being emailed as usual.   Work lists are on hold and work will recommence once we can work legally and safely.  Communications are fine and feel free to contact us.

Grenada is very quiet, and we all hope that this period of heavy restriction will limit the spread from the 9 cases we have and enable a controlled level of increased activity.  The costs of stopping work for a period are being balanced against the devastating effect widespread illness would have here.  The situation feels calm and we have no reason to be concerned about security.  We are in daily contact with Port Louis Marina and Clarkes Court Boatyard Management.  We do not know how long this situation will last – we will post another update in a few days.

Thank you for all your kind words and wishes at a time when everyone has their own challenges.  The rapidly unfolding events have made us realize how much we enjoy Island Dreams, our staff, the work we do, the Grenada yachting community, our local community and our clients.  We look forward to returning to all that.

Island Dreams’ New Style Guardianage Check Reports

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We are enhancing our yacht guardianage check reports, to make them:

  • Quicker – so owners and captains receive report emails immediately following each check
  • Photographic – we can now include photos within the report
  • Cloud-based – all boat check information is now recorded online during the check, eliminating the risk of paper records going astray

The check schedule and details are tailored to each boat in agreement with the owner or captain, and a report is sent after each check.

Photographs enable us to better communicate any potential issues such as chafe, mildew, evidence of insects or leaking hatches or ports.

We are implementing the new style reports over the next few weeks for boats under Island Dreams guardianage at Port Louis Marina, Clarkes Court Boatyard & Marina, Spice Island Marine, Grenada Marine and Le Phare Bleu Marina.

Is your boat stored in Grenada?

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“We are back and all looks good. Thanks for taking care of our home while we were away” … an email just received from a returning Island Dreams client.

If your boat If is stored in one of Grenada’s boatyards, we can do a one-off guardianage check on batteries, interior condition, bilges etc.  You let us know what needs to be checked, we email you a check report and photos. Contact us at info@islandreamsgrenada.com.