In St. Lucia, Rodney Bay

After leaving the tenuous stern to anchor on Dominica that I described 2 days ago, we spent a night in Martinique.  I know to most of you that may sound lovely, romantic and beautiful.  We (Bruce, mainly) were beat from white out squalls and the 55 mile trip.  And, I found out this morning, we dragged anchor during the night.  My favorite part of the day is when I know it's happening; not when I thought the hook was set firm and sleeping soundly, only to discover that we were 20 yards from a 2 foot shelf.  There is a tropical depression over us currently and the wind hasn't gotten below 18 all day; gusts to 25 are normal, in the Bay.   Out on the ocean its more; boat heeled well over where you can't maneuver below without strongly hanging onto a hand grip and a homemade lunch is out of the question.  We're not going anywhere tomorrow or maybe even the next.
We were going to get a slip today in Rodney Harbour Marina but last night the bow thruster came on at 2am all by itself, apparently the same kind of short we had last year, and burned itself out.  So no bow thruster for the rest of the trip.  Perhaps we have an electronic ghost on board that just wants to create havoc...
Anyone want to go sailing in the Caribbean?
Oh, some of you asked how the weather is....Squalls come and go, rain sometimes were you can't see 10 yards in front of you, then clear blue skies, sunshine, rainbows and stars shining brightly at night.  Or maybe just ominous dark covering the sky.  The wind is constantly rising and decreasing.  Temperatures range from 75 to 93.   Bruce went from no shirt, to a wind/rain breaker to a long sleeved one today if that helps the imagination.