Another very calm day which is nice for departure. I said I wanted to depart by 6:00 am, but we don’t get away until 6:30 am. That is OK for me.
Still, next to no wind until we are well out from Martinique. Looks like some interesting anchorages at the north end, though not much there. Some boats anchored in some of the bays.
The sail across is pretty easy, fair winds enough to make a pleasant sail, though Scott and Carol are feeling seasick. They take a couple Gravols and sleep most of the way.
We’ve arranged a mooring with the infamous Sea Cat and when we round Scott’s Head I call him. His guy (turns out his name is Roots) says there’s lots of space and he’ll meet us as we come into the bay. Sure enough out he comes and before too long we’re tied up to a ball just off Sea Cat’s dock. We’re secure by 3:30 pm.
We gather our stuff and go to find customs in town. It’s hard enough to find a place to park the dinghy but the guys at the ferry terminal tell us to pull up where the fishermen do. It’s very slippery and pretty tenuous but the dinghy is safe and no one has an accident. We wander around until we find the Customs house in the back of the ferry terminal. That was a challenge. Couple of young Germans there the gang chats with as I clear into Dominica. The Customs officer is super nice, offers all kinds of ideas about what to do in Dominica.
We walk around a bit and locate the bus “terminal” where Scott and Carol will depart from tomorrow for Portsmouth. Takes a while but after perhaps 4 stores telling us we need to go to Muslims, we find Muslims and I buy a replacement HDMI cable for the TV. Interesting place, Muslims. The tech locates the cable, then gives it to another guy who fills out a small scrap of paper that I take to the cashier. She takes my payment, makes two more pieces of paper and stamps them with two different stamps, then gives them to me. I take them back to Guy #2 who is holding the cable. He takes one of them, gives me the cable and one of the receipts. Not what I would call an efficient process but likely designed to deter theft by employees.
It’s a long dinghy ride back as our old dinghy is slow with 4 people and I have to go slow so no one gets too wet.
Later we walk south a few 100 meters to where there is apparently a curry shop. Sure enough it’s there, it’s open and it’s pretty good.
Back on Milu, we watch a movie with the new HDMI cable.