Jan. 29, 2009 - Windy pops

We had a ‘boisterous’ sail up to Martinique the other day in order to do some shopping.  Despite the exchange rates, a bottle of  2006 Appelation Cotes du Rhone for £2 can’t be bad.  The only problem is the weight of the damn things as the supermarket is a distance away from the boat, er and we bought quite a lot – oh the travails of yachting life.  We also bought some great cheeses, one in particular is so smelly its been banished from the fridge and is quietly doing whatever it is that cheeses do to generate such a pong,  in a remote and downwind part of the cockpit.  Still it won’t be a problem for long as it is going to meet its baguette in an hour or so.

We are in Marin marina – the biggest in the Caribbean but managed to snaffle a buoy by dint of low cunning which is only 5 Euros a night and much closer to the shops than if we had anchored.  You can even see the buoy (and how busy the place is) on the photo.  We were going to move on out the anchorage in St Anne this afternoon but its blowing hard at the mo and forecast to do so for another 24 hours. So on the principle of ‘if you’re snug don’t move’ were staying another night.  Depending on the wind tomorrow we will probably nip back to St Lucia as we have visitors arriving on Sunday and then the great ‘Troutbridge reunion’ when hopefully we meet up with our mate Peter who had sailed over from UK.   After that - who knows.

Update – the most sophisticated Caribbean island also has the worst internet  - so the above post never got posted.  We are now back in St Lucia in Marigot bay for the night and the internet works here.  Thought I’d add a photo of the ‘Cheese with no name’  well that’s not true really as you can see it in the photo – but you try getting close enough in real life – tastes good though.