Malua is at 16:12.31N 61:29.65W at Ilet du Gosier Guadeloupe on 3/02/2013
While I was on a mooring in The Saints that did not stop the swell from coming into the bay.  Malua rocked and rolled all night and I could not wait for the light to come in the hatch.  I got up soon after dawn and prepared Malua for an easy trip to the next island of Guadeloupe.  In fact it is two main island.  The fellow who named then must have had a sense of humour because the larger one with the two high mountains is known as Basse Terre and the smaller flatter is called Grande Terre.  I was heading for a small island off the coast of the Grande Terre.
The Southern Cross left the same time as Malua.  The wind was just over 22 knots so I put one reef in the main and unfurled the full genoa.  I was romping along at just below 7 knots.  It was a short voyage of about 20 nm.  The two boat were neck and neck all the way.  It was a great sail in the sun shine.
We dropped anchor in the lee of the small island in 4 m of water.  We will stay here a day or so before going into the main town Pointe a Pitre.  I understand they hold the best carnival in the Caribbean.  So it should e fun the few days before Ash Wednesday.
A magical moment on Malua