WeeFee
30 April 2009 | Tintamarre
Andy Byatt
HI
So here we are on a very, very un Trade winds like night... so far. We may get some 30knot squalls but for the moment, no wind and no swell.
I can't get the link to my VHF give you our position on the GPS so here's to words and not Lat/Longs:
We are in a beautiful bay on the west side of Tintamarre off St Martin. This is the bit without a lovely sandy beach. Shame, not. The sandy beach spot gets invaded by dozens of day boats and hordes of mud slinging folk (I'll explain about the mud another time) but our wee cove has no beach, not much mud and no slinging. Bliss. Actually I had a sundowner cocktail that might count as some kind of sling, but I've slung it so that no longer counts.
Turns out the best reef in Barbuda was Spanish Point. Oh Woe. They have a big problem. Found out that turtle are also hunted there. Not surprising but it does pose some very interesting questions about the balance between tourism and local resource usage. For the time being Barbuda is stunning above water and a mixed story below.
No photos.. sorry. Had WeeFee in Grand Casse for a week. Vital because of some work stuff I've been doing. But unbelievably stingy (limits on downloads and uploads) and hence, no photos. If you are reading this and you are a cruiser. Do NOT go to Grand Casse for Wifi and do not pay for the DVPro system. It truly stinks.
We have lots of lovely images and infact our friends on Bleu Marie have posted some of our pics on their website to rave reviews! Seriously. Oh well, glad a friend is enjoying our thunder.
We will move to Guadeloupe soon. We are running ahead of a wind change as the Caribbean shifts to the summer pattern of ESE wind and we need to find a dentist for Sue's fallen filling. A recent filling from an incompetent money grabbing dentist in Florida who still chases us on WeeFee with adverts for the superb reconstruction work he needs to do on Sue's mouth. Since he is patently incapable of the most basic filling one wonders how he can reconstruct. Or perhaps that's the idea.... you have to reconstruct the teeth you wreck. Thrilling to know the UK is embracing the same insurance/private fees/incompetent system. Give up toffees is my advise.
So heading south. Will put pics on one day, but not in St Martin. Maybe St Lucia - Rodney Bay has some great WiFi.
Joy to all, and patience to all yee sane and worthy computer phobes.
Andy and L'Aventura