Janice & Mick on Zoa

20240406 Antigua Lat 17 Deg 00.09'W Lon 061 Deg 46.44W

We arrived in Falmouth Harbour at about 16:00 today, it was a nice sail quite light but
enough wind to sail all of the way.
We got a bit confused in the harbour, nearly ran aground, but managed to anchor
safely, it would only have been a bump, but would have been embarrassing.
The harbour looks pretty nice, some big super yachts are here.
I will check in in the morning and we can have a look around. We will probably stay a
week give or take, we will jump on the next weather window south.
Antigua race week is on soon, but I don't think we should stay we need to start
moving south. (As much as I would love too)
Otherwise all's going OK, last nights anchor spot worked out all right.
We are anchored in 6.2 meters here, it pulled up ok, but there was a bit of grumbling, I
think its, mud and rocks

0249406 Deshaies Lat 16 Deg 18.451'N Lon 061 Deg 47.964'W

We had a good sail up here yesterday, quite brisk in the channel, then a hour or so
motoring, followed by a nice little sea breeze, the sea breeze had quite a bit of
Northerly in it, so we had to tack out to sea a couple of times. On one of the tacks out
to sea we crossed the bows of a beautiful super yacht, it didn't have its sails up, but
was pretty impressive, she must have been 200' long, gleaming with teak and polished
stainless.
We will leave shortly and sail to Antigua, its about 40 odd miles, its 05:30 am now, I
forgot the blog last night.
We are anchored in about13 meters, its very crowded here, we never went ashore as
we haven't checked in, you can stay overnight in a lot of other countries without
checking in, as long as you fly a yellow flag, and stay on the boat.
All's well with us and the boat, where looking forward to a new stop, as we have been
covering old ground so far.

20240404 Portsmouth Lat15 deg 34.866'N Lon 061 deg 27.830'W

We had a great sail here today, pretty blustery in the Channel between Martinique and
Dominica, then it died for a while, but a little sea breeze popped up, it came and went a
bit, but we managed to sail most of the way
Then it blew like �"BillyO�" as we headed into the anchorage.
One of the guys came out and helped us pick up a mooring, which was pretty
convenient, picking up moorings is a bit of a worry, but anchoring looks a bit hard
here so we chose to take one.
I did snorkel down on it it looked OK from what I could see, but I was running out of
breath by the time I got down there, getting old I guess.
We had a pretty good time in Sainte Pierre, wandered around and did the usual stuff.
We are only here for the night, we want to make our way north while the weather is
good, we will come and stay longer on the way back, Dominique is a beautiful island,
and the people very friendly, its quite spectacular sailing along the coast.
Not much else to say, everything is going well with us and the boat.

20240331 ST Pierre Lat 14 Deg 43.80'N Lon 061 Deg 10.950'W

We had a nice sail up here yesterday, some motoring but it was a good day.
The anchorage here is just so so, we dropped in about 11 meters, and managed to get
a bite on our 2nd attempt, its better in a bit closer but that area was full of boats.
We had a great stop at Anse A Lane, went on a couple of good walks, did some
swimming relaxed a lot, got a few jobs done ect, we were there for a long time due to
lack of wind, but the time passed quickly.
We will wait here until after Easter so we can check out, plus it will allow for the wind
to back a bit and give us a better angle.
Everything is going OK, hopefully we can put down a few miles next week, we would
like to get to St Marten, but only if the weather permits, it doesn't really matter.

20240318 Anse A Lane Lat 14 Deg 32.620'N Lon 061 Deg 04.280'W

Well we got up yesterday and decided to go for a sail, and ended up here, its a nice
spot, though the wind was getting in a bit yesterday, but it settled down and we had a
good night, its nice now.
It was a nice sail yesterday running pretty square at first, then on the nose for the last
bit. We anchored in about 5.5 meters, pretty much on the same spot as we anchored
last year, the anchor pulled up quite well, there are quite a few other boats here.
We had a nice time at St Anne, got some washing and shopping done, and went out
for a nice dinner, its a good spot.
Not sure how long we will stay here, the wind bay back around to the NE in a day or
two, so it might get a bit bumpy, we will see.
Not much else to say, all's well with us and the boat.

20240313 STE Anne Martinique Lat 14 deg 25.730'N Lon 060 Deg 53.615'W

We had a nice sail over here yesterday, after a pleasant stop at Rodney Bay, we didn't
see much of St Lucia, but stocked up on food and wandered around, the
Supermarkets are very good, We hope to go back on the way South in a couple of
months
We were close hauled on the way over, but sailing a bit above STE Anne, so had a bit
in the bag and were able to bear away as we got close. We had a reef in the Main and a
little bit of jib out,. It was quite nice.
It is very crowded here, so we are a long way down the anchorage, which is ok, just a
long dinghy ride to town (About a mile), but we can go in to the beach down this end
where there is a nice walk along the coast.
We tried to check in yesterday, but they were closed, and will be today, so we will go
to Le Marin on the bus, then do some washing as there is a Laundromat here.
Not much else to say, we will probably be here for a couple of days, its a nice little
spot.