We left St. Bart's just after sunset and had a wonderful sail to Les Saintes. And yes- we actually sailed. We were booking it around 8 knots with full sail and engine off, just the sound of the waves and the water rushing against the hull- nice! It was the first time since we left the Bahamas that the wind was off our stern not dead on the nose, so instead of bashing thru the waves we just got pushed along, surfing down them as they came in behind us. It was a calm night and we enjoyed watching the lights [View Full Entry]

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We sailed to the Saintes Islands just south of Guadeloupe. The roosters woke us up in time to walk up to Fort Napoleon. Fort Napoleon was built in 1867. The Fort has a well tended garden of labeled cactuses and succulents. [View Full Entry]

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'Up in de hills, where de streams are cool, An mullet an janga swim in de pool, I have ten acres of mountain side, An a dainty-foot donkey dat I ride, Four Gros Michel, an four Lacatan, Some coconut trees, and some hills of yam Evan Jones The plants of the Caribbean are extremely colourful, with exotic looking flowers and fruits. Some of the most common species were brought by early settlers for food, or to decorate their garden and remind them of home, so the vegetation of today is almost certainly very different to what it looked like before [View Full Entry]

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The bridge did not open, what else is new...See tomorrows comment... [View Full Entry]

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We decided around 0930 to make a run for Marie Galant Island in Guadaloupe. It is at the SE corner. Very hard to get to, but we had perseverance!! The island is beautiful, of what we seen. Basically a pancake, no mountains. But has a lot of it, we are anchored in the lagoon Grand Bourge. This island still has oxen driven carts and 7 rum factories. It has chess patterned streets. It has a square and a RC church. Which we intend to attend in am. More tomorrow as we find out... It was a tough sail, more seas than [View Full Entry]

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We spent the morning in Marie Galant, tried to rent a scooter for 26 Euros, office was open, waited for over an hour, nobody came...We walked the town, very small. And the dwarf. The anchoring very tight, we were 25 feet from breaker, ugly. We left around 1230, towards Pointe Pitre. We are going to anchor near the South bridge, it opens at 0430 we want to be ready to traverse the Riviere Salee. We will exit on the North side, the split between the two islands, and make a 44 mile run to Antigua. We heard on the SSB this [View Full Entry]

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The beginning of the week was all about the French settlement of Les Saintes, a sleepy series of islands nestled just south of Guadeloupe. The crew of Ocean Star spent their two day stay exploring the quaint little town and hidden beaches, as well as sampling the delights of local bakeries and gelato cafes. Gelato is like the ultimate in ice-cream experiences; the chocolate is rich and gooey and the fruit flavours are like eating strawberries or raspberries straight from the bush at a pick-your-own farm! We left the Saints after a relatively short stay and moved north to Pigeon Island [View Full Entry]

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Eigentlich isch d nora no chrank, god also nonig id tschuel, aber für an strand ligge ischmer doch e nie z chrank;-) isch ja klar dassi mer am erschte tag grad no en sunnebrand hole, womi nacher no rächt gschellt het. s wasser isch extrem warm ond chillig. chli abwächslig zha vom under de palme ligge isch gar nid so übel;-) mer sind amene strand wo eher di iheimische ond franzose sind, aber trotzdem hets drü iibildeti französinne, wo a sech sälber x bikinis präsentieret...suscht chond immer wieder mal en alte guadeloupianer verbii, dauernd am kiffe ond am lüüt sägne. wennt [View Full Entry]

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Han voll nid gwüsst, dass Puerto Rico zu de USA ghört, jedefalls hends mi bide usreis extra usegno ond mis handgepäck uf sprängstoff dursuecht ond putzt. gsehni so kriminell us, oder isches eifach willi mit em finnische pass undewägs bin ond d amis sogar angscht vor nachbere vo alt-komunischte hend?¿ dasmal klappt alles guet, aber chum bini ide luft, fangt au grad scho en guadeluopianer mich a z bekehre ond versuechtmer no en wundertrank aztreie, wo extrem positivi uswürkige uf mich ond mis umfäld hetti! ich wär sozäge de noi messias... ond i sächs johr weri au scho millionär, haha wers [View Full Entry]

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Ohé! Ohé! Moussaillons! C'est avec un plaisir certain que Frances, votre corsaire dévouée, saborde le blogue de Dominic. L’espace d’un instant, voguons ensemble sur le web. Résumons les péripéties des derniers jours. Comme Dominic a réussi à obtenir son jeudi et son vendredi de congé, nous avons planifié plusieurs sorties. Au commencement, avons largué les amarres et jeté les voiles afin de bourlinguer jusqu'au marché artisanal de Saint-Anne, histoire de vous rapporter quelques trésors. ;) En face de ce marché se trouve une plage splendide. Vous imaginez bien que nous avons fait une petite saucette pour combattre la chaleur dictatoriale. [View Full Entry]

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