Our passage today was only about 20 nm. We sailed from Portsmouth, Dominica to a little finger bay called Anse Fideling on Terre d'en Bas. This is one of the small islands that make up The Saints island group which lay about 6 nm south the coast of Guadeloupe. These islands are part of Guadeloupe, which in turn, is part of France. The Saints are lightly populated and there are just a couple houses around our anchorage. However, there are a few local boats anchored here, including a sailboat. No one was on any of these boats. The anchorage is lovely with small cliffs rising out of the water on all sides of us. After about 10 feet of just rock, the rest of the hills are covered with dense vegetation that is lush and green. It is a lovely setting and the anchorage is well protected.

The winds were light today so we motored sailed the 20 nm, completing our passage in about 3.5 hours. The winds are supposed to be light for the next few days but we are hopeful we can get enough wind to sail and still make reasonable time. Our passages the next few days are each in the 35 or so nm range so we wish to make at least 5 kts as an average. If we cannot do that on wind alone, we will fire up the engines; otherwise, each passage will just take too long.

We do not have Internet here so I cannot post any pictures. I believe I will have Internet tomorrow afternoon when we reach Deshaies which is on the northwestern corner of Guadeloupe. If so, I will try posting a couple of this anchorage so you can see how lovely it is.