Martinique & St Lucia
Talulah's Web Diary
Paul & Anette Morris
Sun 29 Apr 2007 13:48
position "14:04.510N 060:57.510W"
Saturday 28th April
2007
Well we didn't
really trade our bikes for a case of beer - but we felt like it as the hills in
Les Saintes were sooo steep! Anyway we left Dominica and
sailed down to Sainte Pierre in Martinique - where it rained! We then left
to sail to Fort de France in Martinique - which we couldn't see for the
torrential tropical rain! The one good thing about Martinique was the salt got
washed off the boat. So we anchored off Pointe de Bout, went ashore to a
typically "European" seaside town (burgers, souvenir shops, bars etc), did our
laundry, ate at le Ponton restaurant (the highlight as the food was great), and
left this morning to sail down to St Lucia.
The sail across
the 32 odd miles to St Lucia was terrific! We blasted along and made
the trip in four hours. The seas were quite high, and we got a good lot of
water in the cockpit, and the windward hull was airborne (well at least the
front half). We saw whales again, and dolphins and fishermen in tiny
boats miles from anywhere just bobbing up and down on the 3 to 4 metre
swell! Crazy! But it's nice to be back in the real
Caribbean again after the "European-ness"of
Martinique.
We arrived in
Rodney Bay, St Lucia, took a lot of video - which we forgot to take when we
arrived here after the ARC, went ashore bought cheap booze, and then Anette got
the sewing machine out to mend our Ensign, which has taken a real pasting in the
last few months, and was frayed. And can't have a frayed
Ensign can we........!!!?? Might go ashore tonight to watch
the cricket on TV.
Tropical
Martinique!
The Marina at Rodney Bay
Anette mending the
Ensign
A typical view over the transom