Back to France
Persephone... Cruiser/Racer
Nigel & Karen Goodhew...
Tue 28 Feb 2017 14:47
But it was time to move on....and on 19th, we slipped out of Marigot Bay, and made the short trip up the coast to Rodney Bay for revictualling and a night in the marina. That went fairly smoothly, though the marina is starting to silt up in places and we touched bottom in the approach to our berth.
Our lines were taken by boat boy Murphy, who gave us a very good price for a topsides polish....getting rid of the salt staining which seemed immovable after our Atlantic crossing.
The next morning we were off again, to Martinique. Our destination was Cul de Sac de Marin on the south coast. The approach to the anchorage and marina is interesting here...you skirt around the reefs and shallows, following the dog legged channel, which is marked, coz its France...and then find a spot to anchor in the lagoon in front of the marina de Marin. The sail was lovely, in light winds, no spray, and only about 3 hours from Rodney Bay. But our start was slightly stressful as we could not get the gps to log on to any satellites for quite some time, and had a computer malfunction as well. All this was sorted out during a quick pit stop in the anchorage in Rodney Bay itself.
An early priority was to attempt to make contact, after 4 years with Manfred and Anneliese Stoll on Tulasi. They have been in Martinique since November having a complete electrical refit after a lightning strike destroyed their systems. Tulasi was not difficult to find! A 64 foot Amel, she was moored on the almost exclusively Amel pontoon in the marina. It was lovely to see them again, ; they have completed a full circumnavigation since we saw them last as we left Dominican Republic....and we were able to reintroduce them to Michael and Anna, who last saw them fleetingly in Port Louis in Grenada at christmas 2012. Manfred suggested dinner out at a restaurant called Zanzibar the following night, which was a superb experience. We hope to see more of Tulasi after their refit is completed...they plan to spend March in Guadaloupe, so here's hoping.
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