Anse Mitan
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Chris & Katie Russell
Thu 8 Feb 2018 18:47
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14:33.19N 61:03.40W
We lifted the anchor at about 10:00, set the genoa and
had a blustery and speedy ride down north westwards along the coast towards
Diamond Rock - made famous by the Royal Navy who commissioned t as HMS Diamond
and set up guns there to annoy the French. Effectively. The story goes that the
only way the French managed to get it back was to fill boats with casks of rum
and set them adrift to land on the rock. Whilst the British sailors were drunk
they managed to defeat the defences and recapture it......a good
story
We rounded the corner into calmer waters and more
protected winds - although still gusty off the hills - sailed past some
possible future anchorages and eventually dropped anchor in Anse
Mitan. We had looked at going into the small marina there bu we were uncertain
of turning room and depth and as winds were a solid 25 knits plus decided that
anchoring was the more seamanlike option
It turned out that the only place LindaT had ever been
to on Martinique was here! From a cruise ship that also happened to be there at
the same time
A quick run ashore resulted in more shopping in the
small town supporting the busy beach
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