Martinique to Marigot Bay (St Lucia)

Mike and Uli arrived the 27th and i picked them up from the airport. The plane was only 25 minutes late and i knew this from the internet. The flight had an "on time rating" of 0.5 on a scale from 0 to 5 where 5 is the best :-) So chances were fairly low that it was on time.
We drove to the marina Le Marin in the south of Martinique and had some beer and then went to bed. The next morning we had breakfast, cleared out of customs and paid only 43 Euro for the marina stay and water. Peter and Tina visited us and we left the marina at around 10.30 in direction south. We had a reef in the main sail and the crossing was nice. We did between 6 and 7 knots but caught no fish. Passing the Rodney Bay marina the Club Med 2 was just leaving the bay. It is a huge cruise ship but also has some sails on top of it.

At 16.30 the anchor fell in Marigot Bay on the left side of the channel in the outer lagoon. Until then a few boat boys had approached us offering mooring buoys for 40USD which is way to much. A short swim and a dive to check the anchor was followed by a sundowner (Campari Orange and olives and salt crackers)lowering the Dinghy to go for dinner. Chauteau Mygo has its own Dinghy dock and we found the food to be excellent. The family has Indian roots and the cuisine is said to be very typical for the area. The others had fish filet and i had garlic peppered calamaris and as a desert banana flambé.

Back on the boat we discovered that one banana in the net under the bimini had a big hole and the deck was dirty. Either a bird or a bat also had banana for dinner!

All slept well and Lani decided shortly after 6 the next morning that it was time to get up. So we had breakfast and set sail to St Vincent, the next island to the south. The Queen Mary 2 was just about to approach St Lucia and we could see her behind us. I heard Uwe from "Momo" talking on the radio and so we had a small chat and gave them some hints for Marigot Bay since they were just on the way to this beautiful anchorage.

We did between 5 and 7 knots during the crossing but then in the lee of St Vincent the wind died down and we knew that we would not reach the "Blue Lagoon" in daylight. On the map the approach does not seem to be too difficult and so we will try it out.

The plan is to sail tomorrow or the day after to Bequia and celebrate New Year there. Hopefully together with our friends from Vanora, La Medianoche, Jalan-Jalan and the other boats who thought of going there, like the Boundless 1 from Tasmania.
Let´s see!