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The Voyage - Leg 3
Martinique
Monday, March 2nd, 2009Charlie’s last post
Martinique- St Pierre, Trois Ilets et Le Marin, 14th to 17th January 2009
Setting off from Roseau, capital of Dominica, just after midday on Wednesday 14th, we arrived at St Pierre, Martinique, just before sunset. The journey was a wet one, close hauled in 25 to 30 knots of wind, with waves breaking over [...]
Dominica
Monday, March 2nd, 2009Thanks again to Charlie for writing this blog.
Dominica – Portsmouth and Roseau. January 10th to 14th
What a contrast. We arrived in Portsmouth, Prince Rupert Bay, Dominica on the evening of Saturday 10th. The first thing that struck us was that the land appeared to be totally enveloped with dense forest. And the number of shipwrecks [...]
Guadeloupe
Friday, February 13th, 2009Thanks to Charlie for writing this blog.
Guadeloupe- Deshaies, Pigeon Island (Basse Terre) and Gosier (Grande Terre). 5th to 9th January.
La Guadeloupe, an overseas department of France, has a very French flavour to it. Boulangeries and patisseries, and of course excellent cheese, abound. We arrived in Deshaies on Monday evening after a gentle seven hour passage [...]
Antigua
Wednesday, February 4th, 2009It was supposed to be downwind sailing from the Canaries to Panama and yet we’d found ourselves beating for part of the Atlantic crossing, from the BVIs to Sint Maarten and here we were again, another 12 hours into the wind and seas from Sint Maarten to Antigua. We arrived late in the evening, squared [...]
Sint Maarten
Tuesday, January 20th, 2009I’ve been queasy a fair few times on the boat. Usually as I’ve tended to stay below as we set off, slaving over a hot stove, feasting on the luscious aroma of meths vapour, selflessly struggling to keep my composure whilst trying to mash garlic and chop onions at forty five degrees (that’s the heel [...]
British Virgin Islands
Thursday, January 15th, 2009What sights - sailing in to the British Virgin Islands. Eighteen days with nothing but the wind, sea, stars and occasional squall and we arrive in tropical paradise. The former has its beauty, the latter very welcome. Lush green islands rising from blue tropical waters coupled with the knowledge that a shower and cold beer [...]