Martinique and St. Lucia

From Dominica we pushed south to Martinique to catch up with Bay Pelican in the port of Le Marin. The charts promised a flat calm anchorage and it was that. It was also hot and buggy and not suitable for swimming. One of the neatest things about this life style is that we are free to move our home if we don’t like what we see. We managed to eat a few more baguettes and pastries and we moved on to St. Lucia.

We found Rodney Bay in St. Lucia to be much more pleasant. Cooler breezes, clean water and free WiFi on the boat. Tom managed to SCUBA and clean the bottom again and Kim got two coats of varnish on the caprails. The scenery is more rustic and the people are friendly and welcoming. The entrepreneurs come out to the cruising boats in anything that will float selling fish and vegetables and offering to take dirty laundry and will fill any other need you may have.

We moved further down St; Lucia’s coast to the famous pitons. Located near Soufriere, these primeval twin peaks are St. Lucia's most famous landmark. Towering nearly 3,000 feet above sea level, the majestic peak of Gros Piton, along with its twin peak Petit Piton, dominates the western coast of St. Lucia. The lush green slopes of these pyramid shaped icons rise abruptly from the sapphire blue waters of the Caribbean. Covered with thick tropical vegetation, the massive outcroppings were formed by lava from a volcanic eruption 30 to 40 million years ago.

We nestled Emily Grace into the waters directly beneath these giants and grabbed a park mooring that put us within 100 feet of the shoreline. We enjoyed a day of snorkeling and enjoyed a meal ashore with more cruising friends aboard Voyager, a custom trawler complete with full dining room and a fireplace!

Tom