Surely not Relaxing!
Eowyn
Thu 5 Feb 2015 21:59
|
Éowyn is moored in
Deshais at the North of Guadeloupe
On Thursday, we finally arrived in
Martinique to replace our domestic batteries. These are only available in the
French Islands. There are 4 x 140 amp hour batteries so you can imagine the
effort to removing the old ones by dinghy and transferring the new ones and
installing them. It took most of a day but we decided to dock at the marina for
mains power so the new batteries could be thoroughly tested.
Chris had caught the chicungunya
virus here last year so understandably she was not too keen to spend too much
time ashore.
However we could stock up with lots
of French food goodies not available elsewhere. Also no with Skype, I could have
long chats with my Mum who had been in hospital for a few days. Next year we
will plan our cruising differently so she does not spend so much time on her
own.
From Martinique, we had a great south
East wind to the Saintes, one of our favourite places to the South of
Guadeloupe. We could not get a mooring the first night so spent a rolly night at
Anse Fideling, but the next day we motored to Borg de Saintes to get a great
location. There we linked up with OCC members Simon and Hilda Julian aboard
Brisa and American OCC'ers Elaine and Dutch aboard Dawn. The 3 days there were a
great relaxation and a fantastic contrast to the previous weeks with or trials
and tribulations!
There were a couple of great lunches
and a party onboard Eowyn to celebrate Hilda's birthday.
This morning at
dawn we made the sail to Deshais from
where we will sail to Antigua tomorrow
|