Guadeloupe - The Saintes Islands
SV Meshugga
Nicholas & Deidre Mace
Mon 8 Apr 2019 16:30
A lively sail across the Caribbean Sea with a head wind, we arrived late afternoon at the main island of Iles des Saintes, Terre D’en Haut, and moored off the only village in The Saintes of Bourg des Saintes.
The water is deep, but there are 80 moorings available at 15 Eu per night which are maintained and rented by Multiserve. They come out each day to check which yachts are on the moorings and you can either pay the boatmen, or at the office in village.
The village is cute. Fishing boats abound with restaurants, shopping and boulangerie.
Freshly caught Dorado
Catholic Church whose bells we could hear in the anchorage
This house made me think of Jenny
Beautiful cute well kept houses
Beach where the fishing boats come ashore
Freshly caught Wahoo
Smaller fish caught in those nets, at the Fish Market
Breakfast overlooking the water next to the Ferry Pier
Ferries from Guadeloupe Mainland
Iconic Maogany Boutique with only blue and white Batik clothing painted and made on the island
Excellent dinghy dock for the 80 yachts on moorings
Mooring field at Bourg des Saintes.
We found the anchorage at Bourg des Saintes a bit rolly, so moved 2 miles to Inlet ‘a Cabrit again onto a mooring. Here there were only 12 moorings in a delightful bay and peaceful. Lovely to swim, snorkel and walk around the island.
We walked up the mountain footpath to Fort Josephine
Whilst Fort Napoleon on Terre d’en Haut has been fully restored, Fort Josephine is in a somewhat dilapidated state, but still very interesting to wander around.
Armory
View inside the Armoury
The view down to our anchorage was superb.
Looks like this might have been a jail
and this a Well
The fort has a commanding view over the water to Terre D’en Haut and can see how easily the French could protect these islands from invasion.
After a week in The Saintes, it’s time to leave Guadeloupe and head south to Dominica. We dinghied across to Bourg des Saintes to check out on the Customs/Immigration computer, and pay our Multiserve mooring ball account.
Take Care
Deidre Mace
SV Meshugga
E: Deidre {CHANGE TO AT} Mace {DOT} co {DOT} za
C: +1 754 213 7663
⛵️⛵️⛵️⛵️⛵️⛵️⛵️⛵️
Sent from my iPad
Deidre Mace
SV Meshugga
E: Deidre {CHANGE TO AT} Mace {DOT} co {DOT} za
C: +1 754 213 7663
⛵️⛵️⛵️⛵️⛵️⛵️⛵️⛵️
Sent from my iPad