If it's Monday
'Sarf & West mate, Sarf & West'
Pete Bernfeld
Mon 16 Mar 2009 18:02
14:44.367N 061:10.651W
It must be France, and it's shut!!!
Up at 0600, anchor up and oy vey at 0630. Arrive at
St Pierre after a pleasant sail & motor at 1105. Ashore to clear customs
prior to an early start tomorrow for Dominica, BUT WAIT. The customs computer is
in a cyber cafe. The cyber cafe has been sporadically open during 'La Greve [the
strike], so to make up for lost business (there are quite a few people in St
Pierre, enjoying SOME cafes) the cyber cafe is SHUT, because it's Monday and
they close on Mondays!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! They open tomorrow at 0915 (yeah,
right!), so should be away by 1000 (oh yeah?) for a 36nm trip, so should be in
Rouseau by 1700 instead of the 1400 I had planned.
Below, the sad remains of the cat that was washed
up onto the beach during the heavy northerly swells.
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