Some farewell shots from Martinique, March 30

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We hated to leave such a beautiful spot View of Anchorage from Cemetary in St. Anne A fitting farewell shot Looking for something different for dinner How about pig's tails? They looked awfully good, but we decided to pass The scene of our morning cafe-au-lait On the beach in St. Anne A magical place to begin the day Hard to believe the ocean could be so calm In the lee of Dominica, sliding toward Guadeloupe Wednesday, April 1, 2006 Our last two nihgts in St. Anne, Martinique were very enjoyable as we reconnected with some cruising friends, Dick and Liz, who sailed up from St. Lucia to meet us in St. Anne. We had sailed with them, on their boat, three years ago from Guadeloupe to Antigua. They had dinner with us one night on our boat and then we joined them, with another couple, for dinner on their boat the second night. The other couple has been through the Bahamas a couple of times so I got some great information where, and where not, to go. From St. Anne, we sailed up the sunset side of Martinique to St. Pierre where we spent the night without getting off the boat. We got up the morning of April 2 at 3:30 AM to sail directly to Guadeloupe without stopping in Dominica. It was about a 13 hour sail, so we had to leave very early in the morning to make landfall before dark. We found ourselves back in The Saints for the third time on this trip. This time we sampled a new anchorage. We did not go ashore and continued on to Pointe-a-Pitre the next morning. In spite of our terror of backing into skips, we, once again, chose to go into the Bas-du-Fort Marina. It is just so convenient for shopping and taking on water.Our sailboat does not back in a straight line, so it is always high risk trying to back into a slip between two boats. Gear hanging off the sides has a way of being ripped from the boat with lots of grinding and bending. We made it, no damage, another successful day. Previous | Next