Martinique Part 4 - Saint Pierre
Tuesday 14th January
Well not a lot happening here today. The plan for walking was off due to the rain. Life aboard not very good due to the Northerly swell thats running - it's been running like that for days now. We're perhaps going to move...
Well not a lot happening here today. The plan for walking was off due to the rain. Life aboard not very good due to the Northerly swell thats running - it's been running like that for days now. We're perhaps going to move...
Leg 8/4 - sailing to Saint Pierre
Monday 13th January
Today's plan was to sail from Anse L'Anne up the east coast of Martinique to St Pierre. The weather didn't look too promising with dull, overcast skies and the odd squally showers.
The wind was from the North...
Today's plan was to sail from Anse L'Anne up the east coast of Martinique to St Pierre. The weather didn't look too promising with dull, overcast skies and the odd squally showers.
The wind was from the North...
Martinique Part 3 - Fort De France
We awoke early on Saturday morning and the anchorage was starting to get rolly. Our plan for today was to go walking but the swell had other ideas. By 10.30 the boat was really rocking so we upped anchor and motored round to Anse a L'anne and dropped hook just...
Martinique Part 2 - Sailing To Fort de France
Friday January 3rd
We set 1 st reef in the cul de sac and sail down the channel then gybe at the green bouy and let out the genoa to about 1.5 reef mark.
Our sail is all down wind with the winds coming over our back quarter , so...
We set 1 st reef in the cul de sac and sail down the channel then gybe at the green bouy and let out the genoa to about 1.5 reef mark.
Our sail is all down wind with the winds coming over our back quarter , so...
Martinique Part 1 - Le Marin
Saturday 28th December
Well after a good nights sleep (no music till the small hours) we got up and after breakfast we headed into the marina to check in.
We had read that there was a new online system however when we...
Well after a good nights sleep (no music till the small hours) we got up and after breakfast we headed into the marina to check in.
We had read that there was a new online system however when we...
Leg 8/4- Sailing to Martinique
We set off at 9.30 after checking out and having breakfast.
The wind was about 12 knots in the bay so were expecting more than this possibly 20 knots when in the channel between the islands so we set 1 st reef Main and same on Genoa.
The wind was about 12 knots in the bay so were expecting more than this possibly 20 knots when in the channel between the islands so we set 1 st reef Main and same on Genoa.