Position: 16:18:50N
61:47:81W
Well, the forecast was for
moderating wind and seas so we decided to make a run for it. We probably left a day too soon as we
ended up having a hard motorsail up the coast of Guadeloupe.
It is about 8 miles from the Saintes to the SW corner of Guadeloupe, and from there we were expecting a nice calm
motorsail in little wind – much like we’ve had going up the lee of all the other
islands we’ve come across. But
no. We got to the corner and to our
dismay, had 20kts and 2.5m seas bang on the nose! Lovely. So it was a long slow and painful 32M up
to Deshais, and we got in just after sunset.
We decided that as this was to be
our last night in France, we would go out for a meal,
so headed to the small fishing harbour to go ashore. I have to say, I forgot where I was when
we were in the fishing harbour. We
could have been in Europe; there were just lots
of private fishing dory-type boats and it was easy to forget you weren’t in
Britanny. We had a nice meal in a
menu fixe place, with a carafe of rouge to wash away the memory of a slog to
windward.