We are at 04:51.48N 52:16.94W and have arrived we finally found the NW
current and made 6 knots to Cayenne to arrive at the fairway buoy at 2pm in
time to motor up the dredged channel (no doubt paid for by EU funds) to the
Degrad de Cannes marina' (actually a decrepit jetty with equally decrepit
yachts alongside) BUT connected with Bernard and Mark and all the other
French liveaboards, who true totheir philosophy after an initial suspicion
welcomed us as fellow vagrants and were really helpful and lent us their key
to the shower and helped us tie up and so on. We shrared our marmite
flavoured popcorn with them, and they warily appreciated it, we slowly
celebrated - its quite a strange feeling arriving - we have been in a
different planet for 2 weeks and now are not that keen to see what new
challenges await us. The 'marina' was full but we rafted up alongside one
french boat but were then advised that it had been damaged by a similar
rafting, so moved to another, then spied another better one out of the
strong current so moved again, and now are finally celebrating and slowly
letting 2 weeks on adrenalin seep out of our bodies and we relax for the
first time in 2 weeks. We have done it as a TEAM, and that matters.
Food who cares, the closest to a restaurant is a shower block, so we are OK
with frankfurters and eggs, and we have sailed 2200 miles and are just over
the moon.
Andy
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