St. Anne’s – a quaint little village – one of Martinque’s little gems. We anchored out in the bay with about 85 other sail boats, motor boats and yachts ….. all just hanging out, relaxing, and some waiting to head out to the next bay.
We enjoyed a day on shore – Dale was anxious about “checking out” at immigrations in order to head to St. Lucia, and the rest of us – just strolled around, except for Chuck who took his usual 2 to 3 mile beach hike, then we attempted to find internet and a good lunch spot – which we did… actually the panini’s were outstanding and on top of that – Andy got a free French lesson! Grandpa enjoyed his ham panini – he goes with the flow very well!
on our way to find a lunch spot
For those of you who know Andy – he is quite the car buff and always looking for the “next new car” he wants to import to the US …. so here is his choice for this trip… he assures me it will go VERY fast (only about 115 mph) and be fuel efficient… something like 60+ mpg….to bad we can’t get these cars in the US! He would buy it immediately!
VW Polo TDI
The next morning, we set sail and headed to St. Lucia …. we actually had a great sail – made it in about 3 hours, 16 to 22 kts of wind and 24 nautical miles. Captin Dale’s favorite passage so far. We arrived into the Rodney Bay Marina – and tied up on the dock for the night – felt good to be able to get on and off at our own whim – twwe took really good, LONG, HOT showers ….. that evening was the beginning of the “Oh Hell” tournament…… what a fun day….
Whenever we are in a marina with fresh water and electricity it always bring out the cleaning frenzy – so with the help of Danylle and Andy, Chuck and Grandpa we scrubbed Companion clean … I know Andy can’t wait till we get her at least to LA to “buff” her – she will need it by then ! The kids are trying to figure out how many weeks we will keep her in San Diego and LA for them to sail her at their whim!
Andy and Danylle
After the big wipe down - another shower and off we sailed for about 2 miles to Rodney Bay - it looked like a great beach with a “national park” – the climb to the top of the mountain and fort looked like a killer – so we just looked from the shore and enjoyed the sights – once back on board the “veggie guy” came to the boat … he claimed all the fruit and vegetables came from his mother’s garden – of course I am a sucker for these guys …. so we have delicious bananas, cucumbers, Caribbean apricots, tomatoes and so much more…
See I told you – he has a killer smile!!.
As he left our boat we took a really good look at his vessel – it was a floating UN – flags from every nation – and with his big huge smile he waved farewell….
Makes one proud to be an American – seeing our “colors” flying in the breeze!
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