Much later, on land, April 14, 2010

OK. It was not the right time. I won#t give here a detailed analysis of why it did not work but just a short report so that those who had expected a nice story of a cool sailing will know why it suddently stopped.

I broke and repaired once the boom, then again but this time at the mast´s end. I arrived at Port Soller, on the NW coast of Mallorca with a good Force 8 wind. We then motoed to Palma for a repair. Ten days later we left, rounded Ibiza but stayed without steering because of a leak in the hydraulics on the second day. We headed to Alicante, the closest harbour, steering with the emergency tiller from 3 PM to 2 in the morning. Special thanks to my mates. Despite being quite uncomfortable due to the location of the tiller, emergency steering works on the 15 tons of the Amphitrite.

Conclusion. I am back home The boat and the skipper were not ready. See you next year !!                   

February 25 2011, Marie Galante

Saint Louis on Marie galante close to the Guadeloupe is a nice mooring. Perfect for us. Neither too isolated nor too busy. A nice beach for kids and the bakery at reasonable tender's distance.
We got here a few days ago after our landing on the martinique last January 19th.
Ocean passage was from Santa cruz of Tenerife, left on December 26th and arrived 24 days later. Not that easy but it seemed to me that it was such for lots of sailors. Weather and sea ... not as expected
We staid 3 weeks at Sainte Anne on the Martinique for a rest (there we met Douce Daram), then we went North to Saint Pierre where the Montagne pelée erupted last century and wiped the town) and are now in the Guadeloupe.  

More info (and training for your french) on  http://ecapoeonthesea.free.fr

Regards,

André


20th mai 2011, Grenada, Hartman Bay

We arrived 4 months  ago in the Carribean and have slowly reached Grenada, the southernmost island that we will leave in 3 week for Colombia. It is hot, hot, and for the last 2 weeks, it has not rained much. We have had the wettest dry season for long according to local memories.
We stopped on the Martinique, Guadeloupe, St Lucia, Bequia and plenty of spots in the grenadines, and finally Grenada. What did we prefer ? The south, after Cariacou. The charter companies are not so numerous, less people in anchorages and nicer people.
After Douce daram, we met the Amphitrite Tixi Lixi whose wonderfull British owner promissed to put on the site.
We couls with pleasure share our impressions if you whish.

André and crew
 

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