Tour of Les Saintes

January 17, 2015 · by Lorraine | in 2015, Beach, Caribbean, Les Saintes, Places Seen, Tours | tagged Blue Pizza, cemetary, Fort Napoléon, Grande Anse Beach | Leave a comment

Friday, January 16 Today with Rick, Peggy, Bob and Jeanne, John and Peggy from SV Want To, we rented a taxi for 10€each to tour the small French island of Les Saintes. It’s about 8 miles south of Guadaloupe. We were lucky to have Katalee be our tour guide as she speaks English very well. […]

Getting ready to go North

January 14, 2015 · by pdolsen | in 2015, Caribbean, Dominica, Provisioning, Water, weather | Leave a comment

January 14 Wednesday We are leaving tomorrow for Les Saints a small island group south of and part of Guadaloupe. We had filled up with water and gas yesterday and this morning we were going to the IGA grocery store. After listening to Chris Parker’s weather we got ready to go, but it kept raining […]

On the move to St. Pierre, Martinique

January 13, 2015 · by Lorraine | in 2015, anchorages, Caribbean, Laundry, Martinique, St. Pierre | tagged checking out, Customs and Immigration, dinghy, lighthouse, Tourist Office | Leave a comment

Wednesday, January 7, 2015 St. Anne to St. Pierre Miles traveled: 30.8nm Finally after staying in St. Anne for a week and a half, the wind and waves had decreased enough for us to travel in the Lee of Martinique to St. Pierre to stage to go to Dominica, the next island north of here […]

To Fort Shirley

January 13, 2015 · by pdolsen | in 2015, Caribbean, Cruising Friends, Dominica, Places Seen, Restaurants | tagged boat projects, Cannons, Cruising friends, Fort Shirley, hike, museums, Places seen, Vision Quest | Leave a comment

January 11 Sunday We got together with Walkabout (Bob and Jeanne) and Vision Quest (Rick and Peggy) to walk to Fort Shirley. We got together at the PAYS (Portsmouth Association of Yacht Security) dock about 930am and walked north on the road. We passed a large resort development under construction funded by the Morocco and […]

The wind

January 9, 2015 · by pdolsen | in 2015, anchorages, Caribbean, Martinique, Passages, St. Anne, weather | tagged waves, wind | Leave a comment

December 27 to January 9 We have described the days in other posts but no mention of the wind. To leave Rodney Bay for the crossing we must do our best to pick a low wind day. For Changes the ideal is 10 to 15 knots. At this wind speed Changes goes 6+ and the […]

Lazy Restless Day at the Beach

January 5, 2015 · by Lorraine | in 2015, Beaches, Caribbean, Family, Knitting, Lorraine's Projects, St. Anne | tagged ice cream, Lorraine Beer, squalls | Leave a comment

Sunday, January 4 St. Anne, Martinique Last night it rained in and off a few times, which was enough to keep the Forehatch closed most of the time. The winds in the upper teens to mid 20’s continue. Phil’s project this morning was to check the water level in the batteries. This time he check […]

Bus trip into La Marin

January 5, 2015 · by Lorraine | in 2015, Caribbean, Cruising Friends, Games, Holidays, Knitting, Le Marin, Lorraine's Projects, Marinas, Martinique, Restaurants | tagged bus, gifts, Le Country, Lorraine Beer, Madras Plaid | 2 Comments

Saturday, Jan 3, 2015 We decided to take the local bus into La Marin, the next town over. It was last minute idea about and whether we should get a move on to take the 9am bus or be leisurely to get the 1040am bus. I voted to get the 9am bus so we got […]