Archives for the '2006 – Caribbean' Category
Martinique, Fort de France
The anchorage is quite central, under the fort near the cruise ship and ferry docks, it is a bit rolly in the day but ok at night. The holding is fair. As soon as we arrived we heard bad stories from a yachtsman we had met in Antigua, he had been mugged and warned us [...]
Martinique, St Pierre
Martinique is part of France and the EU, and uses the Euro. We spent the first few days at St Pierre in the north-west of the island, this is a very pleasant small town which is decidedly French. There are no boat boys here. Prices are also at least French. There is a big market [...]
Dominica, Roseau
The area for anchoring was even tighter here, we made sure we were well in and took extra care to set our anchor alarm, as the shelf dropped away steeply close to where we were. We anchored close to the cruise ship dock near the town. We were advised that the previous day there had [...]
Dominica, Portsmouth
Dominica is English-speaking, independent, and uses the EC dollar, currently converting at about 4.6 to the pound. It is a relatively poor country within the Caribbean, although very beautiful, as most of it is covered in rainforest. We had been warned from other yachts about persistent boat boys and risk of theft from boats, although [...]
Les Saintes, Pain de Sucre
Les Saintes, Bourg des Saintes
We spent about a week in these tiny islands south of Guadeloupe. Although the islands are part of Guadeloupe they are very touristy and there is a very different feel. The tourists are a mixture of French holidaymakers, and yachts of various nationalities. The shops sell tourist goods for a range of budgets, and rather [...]
Guadeloupe, Riviere Salee
Guadeloupe is a territory of France, with a population of 360,000, mostly black. The currency is the Euro and Guadeloupe is part of the EU. The economy is good and the prices of anything shipped in, or of professional services are at least as much as in France. Local items are at better prices. Guadeloupe [...]
Antigua, Falmouth Harbour
Antigua, Mamora Bay
Atlantic Crossing to Antigua, Falmouth Harbour
We have arrived in Antigua, on 1st January! It took a month, as after a good nine days of NE wind sailing SW from Gran Canaria, we were becalmed for a week. Eventually the trade winds arrived and took us the rest of the way. No storms where we were, except some squally weather on [...]