We’re off just around 8 am to try and be at the gas dock early. There’s a few boats ahead of us going in and we hope they are also not going to the gas dock. They are. We have to slow down and make a 180 or two to wait our turn, eventually it…

Today is shopping/chore day in Le Marin. Lots to do so we dinghy in as soon as the rain lets off. It’s mercifully cloudy all day, rains a bit here and there but not too bad so good to be in town. We don’t head into town until just after noon. First stop is the…

It’s actually a pretty long haul to Ste. Anne, about 30 nms and most of it dead into the wind. We’ll have to motor a lot. I’m a little concerned about our diesel store so hopefully we can sail once we get around Diamond Rock. Christy makes bread in the morning so we get away…

First day of spring! Not noticeable here but hopefully Huntsville is warming up. It’s a pretty nice anchorage here, the water is crystal clear and not nearly as rolly as I thought it would be. There was a guy with a megaphone in town last night and a bit of music on the beach but…

We’re up early, me at 5:30, Christy a bit later. We’re off anchor and following 2 other boats towards Martinique by 6:45 am. We resolve to follow the boat in front of us the whole way, assuming they are going where we are going, to see what they do. When they stop motoring, we stop…

OK, we’re DEFINITELY leaving today. Before we go, I decide to try and check on the speedometer/temperature sensor at the front of the boat. I dive on it, but can’t find it! I know it is there, will have to find it while scraping. So I scrape. Main issue is the green slime on the…

Another rolly night in Portsmouth. Well, morning really. Though it has been blowing hard at night, it isn’t until the mornings that it gets really rolly. Rolly is the worst. We’re planning to leave today for Mero Beach to spend one night, then on to Martinique. The trip to Mero saves us about 10 nms,…

Today we’ve decided to get a taxi of some sort up to Syndicate Nature Reserve, walk around it and also knock off a piece of the Waitukibuli Trail. We’ve done all of 13 and 14, this is section 10. We’re slow to get going but eventually climb into the dinghy. We have one quandry with…

Ben’s 24th Birthday! Today is Customs day, maybe some shopping, maybe a bit of a hike. I want to climb the big hill right behind the town, though we only have a vague idea of how to get up there. Hamilton, the regular kayak/fruit guy says there is a road going up there but we…

It was a pretty nasty night, VERY windy and it’s even worse this morning. Massive gusts, big rain squalls, it rains hard off and on and the mountains to the west are socked in. Perfect. We’re tired after a long couple of days and a rainy morning is just what the doctor ordered. We both…