This is a much better way of Feeding the Fish, wouldn't you agree?
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After that nasty ShitStorm of a passage, we've had nothing but Great, Fantastic, and Perfect Winds and Seas for continuing our journeys up island. Continuing as in Sailing with NO CHANCE of ShitSTORMs, ya baby! Seas that are flat calm (at around 1 meter), steady breezy winds and perfectly blue skied skies.
And so, from Rodney Bay (Saint Lucia), we scooted over to Le Marin (Martinique). Our beloved
Banyan is French by Birth, and we needed some parts à la français.
And so while our ChartPlotter was being fixed, and we were buying a few boat bits and pieces, we were also replenishing our cupboards with some baguettes, pâté and vino.
When all that was said and done, we scooted 91 miles to Les Saintes for a few days, and then chose another perfectly flat calm day,
with lots of Sargasso Seaweed to avoid along the way,
to keep heading onwards and upwards.
The Sargasso Seaweed, a carpet of yellow and brown coloured looks like grapes, lay on top of the water in long stretches of oblong shapes and we zigged and zagged our way around it. These dense yellow islands of seaweed collect their very own ecosystem and its best to avoid going through any of it. Even being as careful as we were, we had to slow
Banyan down a couple of times when the engine started cavitating, put the throttle in reverse, and sure enough, clumps of seaweed were propelled off. Full speed ahead...
A scant two hours later we're we anchored in 15 feet of flat calm, almost gin-clear waters by the beach Malendure. Immediate call to action required us to jump in for a refreshing swim, where we met up with 4 turtles guiding the way below us as we went to check our anchor set.
The next morning we noticed the Ramoray beneath our boat, and decided he might need some breakfast too. Some day-old baguette was thrown overboard,
and turns out it was quite the breakfast feast for this
little guy.
Along with Doug and Wendy on
SV Nahanni River, we got in our dinghies and zoomed across the bay,
where we picked up one of the mooring ball lines and dove into the underwater world that is the Réserve Cousteau.
The underwater life quickly zoomed into focus,
the brightly coloured fish accustomed to our alien forms approached us,
waiting to be fed,
and the smiles on their faces,
quite plain to see,
Does the heart and soul a world of good to spend some time chillin' with Mother Nature (not to mention Feed the Fish the right way!!)
Note: You can read more about this amazing park
here.