Sailing North

The anchorage at Ste Anne

 

 

While at Ste Anne we visited nearby Le Marin, an extensive marina complex with good shopping and chandleries 

 

 

 From Ste Anne we sailed past Diamond Rock which the British fortified and used to harass French shipping many years ago

 to an anchorage under the hotel at Anse Mitan, a popular tourist spot.

 

 

 We landed at the dinghy dock

 

 

 getting into the spirit of things.

 

 

The bbq chicken sellers were everywhere along the roadsides.

 

 

 Had lunch with the crews of other Ausie yachts, Malua and Sundancer 11

 

 

 then watched the routine of the beachside boutique.

The girls are kitting this woman in a new bikini

 

 while hubby watched

 

 

 and paid.

 

 

 We sailed across the bay to Fort de France, a big city and not to our taste.

This solo sailer had come all the way from Poland in his little boat.

 

 So we sailed north to Saint Pierre, a town which, in 1902 was obliterated by the explosion of the nearby volcano, killing 30,000 people.

 

 We had to anchor close to the beach.

 

 

This was the culprit

 

 

 The church bell was melted and crushed by the blast.

 

 

 Then on to Prince Rupert Bay on the island of Dominica where we took a mooring off Big Pappa`s

 

 

 where we went for a drink

 

 

and to watch the sun go down.

 

 

 The town was pretty poor and facilities were not great.

 

 

The houses were not grand

 

 

 the main street was quiet at times

 

 

 even at the bust stop.

We then sailed a short distance north to the beautiful Isles des Saints, part of Guadeloupe, which is part of France. Euroland again, and full of French tourists.

 

The dinghy dock and watering hole.

 

 

They sailed these unusual boats.

 

The boutiques were in lovely local houses.

 

 The bar at the "yacht club"

Houses in this part of the world are just as we would expect to see around Noosa.