04/01/2012, deshalies Guadeloupe
So we had spent the last two nights at Pidgeon Island just 8Nm south of Deshalies our current location...
If we can Check out tonight (Sunday .. It depends if the Coffee shop is open ....) we will head out tomorrow to Antigua ( we need to bunk some fresh water - desperately)
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03/29/2012, Saint's Guadeloupe
Back at the Saint's ..
We arrive at the Saint's around 1PM .. to our surprise the whole anchorage was "littered" with moorings ?????
I didn't know how much they would cost therefore I anchored in 12m of water behind the almost full mooring field (cheap bastard as I can be.. not really just for today..)
This means we had to put out all our 50m of chain out. I snorkeled the anchor and it's solid in
Late in the evening a super yacht sailed into the bay and tried to anchor off town (because that's where the big boys belong).. unfortunately for him the harbor master was just about to do his evening round and he chased him away - right behind a little "crappie" Beneteau called Windhontas :-)
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03/28/2012, Portsmouth Dominica
Today, we got up at 6AM to see the Parrots (Jaco Parrots to be exact) ...
We did get to see some flying around on the other side of the RAVINE ... regardless it was well worth it , as just walking around in the forest in the early hours is beautiful...
The expert bird watchers we are, we didn't bring any binoculars - of course
- not that I think it would have made a big difference.....
Then off to "another" waterfall, but no swimming this time....
We were "all done" for the day by 10:30 AM :-)
Tomorrow we will sail up to the Saints- short run only 18Nm or so
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03/25/2012, Roseau Dominica
We did some smaller hiking today and visited 3 waterfalls (brrr was that water cold !)
Dominica is just amazing ... lush and green and everywhere there seems to be something you can take of a plant and stick in you mouth :-)
SeaCat was again our tour guy - and as usual he was great (not sure how everybody felt when we tried to .... Disneyland's alpine super fast down hill ride down a super steep windy road --Does he check the brakes on his bus DAILY ? He better if he drives this way !)
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03/24/2012, Roseau Domenica
So we had a wonderful day sail into Domenica ..but we "lost" the race ...
Not sure if it was a bigger boat or not but he gained 1+ mile on us over the 23 NM :-( "He" was definitely pushing it harder then us with full sails while I had the first reef in .. bottom line is we lost)
About 1/2 hour after leaving the anchorage I checked the current draw and noticed it being 19A ???? Next thing I noticed, was the forward head filled to the top with water !!!!
As it turned out we tried to fill the boat with freshwater from our tanks .
In the morning i had to prove that the water pump issue is related to the battery voltage so once we turned on the engines, I turned on the water pump - as expected it worked ... But I forgot to check if all the faucets are closed from the night before, therefore when I turned on the water it started filling up the sink ....
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03/23/2012, Saint Pierre, Martinique
So we ended up at the north end of Martinique today - Saint Pierre to be exact ..(you know the town that was covered by Mt PELE a hundred +- years ago bla bla bla)
Checking out was kind of a hustle ..as they close at 14:30 and I didn't know until 14:15 or so ....
Anyway we made it and are ready to leave for Dominica tomorrow morning. Forecast is good so we should have a nice sail.
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