Petit Anse d'Arlet & St Lucia

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Mark & Helen Syrett
Fri 13 Jan 2012 21:20
We are well and truly marinated here at Rodney Bay marina trying to get some work done to the boat----everyone is on island time except us and it is very frustrating sitting on the boat waiting for people to arrive who do not turn up. After 4 days we have ticked two items off our list with 3 items to go, one of which incudes a repair to the watermaker----the spare part is somewhere between Southampton and St Lucia either with Fedex or stuck in customs awaiting a sweetener to get it released!!
We have no photos of St Lucia as we have not been anywhere yet but below are a few ----more will follow.
We sailed from Fort de France to Petit Anse d'Arlet, and anchored for three days---lovely clear water.
 
There was a lovely church, beautifully kept so obviously some good benefactors.
 
We found a good beach bar with wifi so caught up with emails etc. The local kids were playing in and around the water.
 
 
We then sailed to Rodney Bay and arrived Monday lunctime after a four hour sail -----wind still at 20 knots+ !! This is where the ARC arrive after their Atlantic crossing so we have met up with a few of the boats that we met in the Canary Islands. We just missed the World Arc who set off on Sunday, their first leg being 1,000+ miles to the San Blas islands off Panama. We are quite relieved that we are not with them as apparently they were mostly 50 foot plus boats and therefore a lot faster. We would have been playing catch up the whole time.
Oskar from Camelot (the Norwegian boat) had his 13 th birthday yesterday and we all caught a bus ( at least that is what they call a rather dilapidated 12 seater) to an excellent Chinese restaurant in the next village.
 
 
He enjoyed the cake that had been especially baked for him
 
 
Helen has been buying fruit and veg from the travelling salesman!