09.03.2008, Posted from Portsmouth, Dominica (written in Anse d'Arlet, Martnique, 07.03.2008)
To prevent this blog from turning into too much of a "and then we went from A to B"-type story, we'd thought we try to describe what life at anchor (which is our primary mode of operation these days) is like for us. During our first three months in the Mediterranean, we never stayed out at anchor for more than a week before going into a marina or to some town quay with access to fresh water and shore power/electricity. Now we have just spent more than five continuous weeks at anchor throughout the Windward Islands and when we finally went into Rodney Bay Marina to re-provision, we couldn't wait to get out again. What has changed? Primarily, it's our improved ability to keep our consumption of fresh water, electricity, fuel and food supplies in line with what we can re-provision/generate without tying up in a marina. Also, we have become better at anchoring (so we hope), with a better feel of how our new anchor performs in different bottoms. For those who are interested, we have outlined under this link how water, food, electricity, fuel and the anchor equipment itself have worked for us over the past few months. We truly enjoy our autonomous little floating home with wind and solar generated power and the very conscious use of fresh water and electricity - without feeling deprived of any luxury. For us, the peace and beauty of swinging at anchor and jumping off the boat for a swim far outweigh the "conveniences" that marinas offer.
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09.03.2008, Prince Rupert Bay, Dominica
Anchored in Prince Rupert Bay/Dominica tonight after a longish sail from St. Pierre/Martinique. Prince Rupert Bay has been one of our favorite anchorages on the way down and it's very nice to be back here... almost no shore-side development, very lush scenery and very friendly people... met Jeffrey again who was our very first "boat boy" on the way down and will see him again for breakfast tomorrow.. this will probably be the first place that I will feel sad about leaving tomorrow... lots of things to look forward to though, stay tuned....
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08.03.2008, St. Pierre, Martinique
Back in St. Pierre for one night... tomorrow will be another 50+ nm leg to Portsmouth/Dominica from where we will leave for Guadeloupe on Monday to meet with Jez and Tab who will sail with us for two weeks, first in Les Saintes/Guadeloupe and then up to English Harbour in Antigua ... Finally fixed the defect Y-valve on the toilette this afternoon - no more backflow from the holding tank (so we hope...) ... weather is forecasted to settle down a bit with relatively low winds for the first half of next week... don't mind the wind but will appreciate the seas going down a bit between the islands ... more once we reach Point-a-Pitrč in Guadeloupe.
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