Christy and Perry Saving the World

Part of our agenda is the plan to leave Guadeloupe on Thursday, which is the best weather window for wind. Looks like the weekend will be quite strong winds while Thursday looks normal. So we’re up and moving at a reasonable time. We want to do some Raymarine compass calibration while the seas are calm.…

VERY rocky anchorage this, but settles a bit overnight. When I went to bed it was almost difficult to stay there. Though the winds are calm, the seas are rocky. Rains a lot in the morning so no impetus to go anywhere. I do decide to dive on the rudder and clean it off with…

March 1st! Nearing the end of winter in Canada and two solid months we’ve been here. We have about 2 weeks to go before we start heading back to Grenada. While March is usually thought of as the harbinger of spring, it is not really a harbinger of good fortune for Milu. I’m up at…

After coffees and morning chores we head in to the OD and hope to meet Alphonso and cook a deal with him. He never shows so after an hour or so (meanwhile, I go get a scraper for the boat and say goodbye to Matthew and the girl that works at the chandlery) we tow…

Our original plan was to leave from Marina Bas-du-Fort today bright and early and sail directly to Pigeon Island. Can’t do that as JP and crew haven’t finished and we suspect it will be crowded tomorrow so we have decided to hang out here until Sunday. JP comes by early with the modified rig but…

Got a WhatsApp text from JP last night, said they will be here at 8:30 am. I had trouble sleeping last night thinking about the mainsail and if we should try and take it down. I’m up at 5:30 am, it’s very calm so Christy and I take a crack at it by 6 am.…

While I didn’t sleep particularly well with the usual continuous shoulder pain, I do feel better this morning. Maybe Mina’s massage did help. Anyway, we’ve had a very rocky couple of days here in Gosier and looking forward to leaving this anchorage, tho it is a nice enough town. I think if we moved closer…

Christy’s birthday! Also happens to be almost exactly 50% of the way through this season’s adventure. But it’s a fairly dodgy morning, rains hard a few times so the shuttle is pretty quiet going out to the island. Even a few people coming back early. I go into town alone in the morning, there is…

We’re definitely leaving today as the wind has dropped and we want to avoid paying for the mooring ball. We’ve technically cheated them out of two nights already but figure they won’t notice. First I take our old dinghy over to Ben and Astrid’s boat, they offered to let us tie it up there for…

Again we considered going around the corner to Grosier but it is still blowing hard, the forecast for tomorrow and Tuesday is much better. We got a reservation for the dock on Wednesday so we really just want to get off this mooring ball and avoid paying for a couple of days. Would be nice…