BreezingUp in the Caribbean

FINALLY this wind has let go and we have had a gorgeous sail down to Martinique. A lovely day in St Pierre with a 'typical' French lunch at restaurant 1643: 2 hour lunch, 2 hour nap; no dinner! It was worth it! Headed on to St Anne on the South Coast to meet Peter and Von on Moonrise. Again, lunch at Ti-Toques in Marin, highly recommended by OCC friends, with drinks on board Moonrise. On Sunday we jumped in the dinghy to follow the Yole races around the bay. What a spectacular sight! Great sport in amazing boats; constructed on the beach, wild racing and deconstructed on the beach and back onto the trucks they were delivered on! Quite something to watch!
Into Marin on Monday to fix the Garmin antennae and windlass switch which ended up being a three day project due to complications on board and ashore.
Off to St Lucia and then on to Bequia!

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Vessel Name:	Breezing Up
Vessel Make/Model:	J-46
Hailing Port:	Prouts Neck, Maine
Crew:	Ann & Brad Willauer
About:	Brad retired in April of 2009 and Ann in June, 2009. We took the boat north to Nova Scotia and the south coast of Newfoundland that summer and down to the Chesapeake in the fall, heading off shore from Hampton, Va to St Thomas, USVI.
Extra:	Once in the Caribbean, we cruised down through the islands to Trinidad by 5/09. In 11/2010, we returned to cruise north to Antigua and back to Trinidad in May. This year, 10/2011, we brought the boat up to St Lucia and flew home for Christmas, returning 1/2012.