Ilet a Cabrit (yet again...)
Blue Sky's Voyage
George & Michael
Thu 15 Jan 2009 20:36
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Hello Friends
"15:52.47N 61:35.81W"
and a very Happy New Year to All, we hope
you all enjoyed the Holidays.
We enjoyed our Christmas in Martinique and
of course the improved shopping and provisioning offered there. We were
comfortable there despite some rather frisky weather with 25-30 knot winds for
several days; so we took the opportunity for a spot of stronger wind practice
and had some pleasant if slightly bumpy sailing around Diamond
Rock.
And for those who appreciate the
details, 3 reefs in the main and just a postage stamp of genny with the lead car
well forward as visible here; 25-35 knots apparent and mainly 7 to 8 knots
sailing.
 When things settled down a bit we sailed
directly up to Les Saintes in and we've been hanging around in Les Saintes and
Guadeloupe for a couple of weeks. We used up our remaining credit in Bas du Fort
marina (where we made landfall after our transat) and dealt with a few chores
and cleaning.
We celebrated Alex's 19th birthday with
an exploration of Basse Terre (the western wing of the butterfly which is
Guadeloupe) including a banana plantation tour and a hike to 'Les Chutes du
Carbet' of which this fine specimen below is the middle of three falls... and
finishing up with dinner in one of
our favourite restaurants.
 (sorry for
consecutive waterfall pics in the blogs, but this was a good one)
If any readers visit Guadeloupe the falls
are well worth visiting with a variety of excellent (EU funded !) trails through
the rich rainforest and even up to the top of the Soufriere volcano for the more
energetic.
We've been sitting out another spot of fresh
weather here in Les Saintes and Alex has been snorkelling the wreck of a ferry
in the Bourg, which sank a couple of years ago. Just like 'Titanic'
eh?
 Anyway, the weather is now settling down
again so we'll be up to Pigeon Island and the Cousteau Reserve
tomorrow and then Antigua in a couple
of days.
Best wishes
George, Michael and Alex
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