We left Jolly Harbour, Antigua at 10am Friday and had a lovely beam reach to Montserrat. Pulled in to Little Bay, dropped anchor and the wind started to howl to 37kts and slinging us around like a kite on a wire. Yikes! Not a place I'd want to leave the boat and go ashore. Ate left overs because BB-Qing or cooking was not an option. We spent the night and high-tailed it out of there this Saturday morning and had another lovely sail to Deshaies (pronounced "Day-ay) on the north-western side of Guadeloupe. We were in this bay previously coming up the coast and it is lovely. Nice to be back. We are having trouble with the main, again, so we'll spend the day ashore and explore a little bit, go to the botanical gardens for lunch since we are comfortable leaving the boat alone here. Customs didn't even look at our passports and no stamp, stamp, stamp. Baguettes are to die for since this a French island. Monday we'll head to Pointe A Pitre to find a sail loft to shore up yet another repair to the main.
(We really need a new main sail)
Re-discovering that a simple 1 Euro coin can yield a firm, ripe local grown tomato and a hand of ginger, with change; or a baguette. Need to go through the spare change coin packets....Going from one currency to another is an adjustment.
FRC out
16.18.393N
61.47.899 W
Free Range Chicken is a custom designed Perry 59' and built by Westerly Marine in Santa Ana, California. Launched in 2006, FRC has done several Pacific Cup races, Transpac, Mexorc, but is more suited to off shore cruising. She has cruised to Tahiti, Hawaii, and through the Panama Canal 12/24/10. FRC is currently berthed in Bristol, Rhode Island for the summer, being shown by a local rep..
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