................Diamond Rock, MartiniqueOn Friday November 21, the crew prepared to depart Martinique for Dominica. After a last minute trip to the grocery store, topping off on water and clearing out at customs we were ready to go. Susan was in the Internet café checking e-mail when we got the news that our friends Ian and Tracy on S/V Loon, had just arrived in Martinique. We had originally planned to see them in Dominica, but now it looks like we’ll be staying on a little longer here.
Loon’s email did not specify what part of the island they were at. We guessed that they sailed to the lee side of the island despite the fact that there are several anchorages on the windward side as well. We headed 20 miles East then North to Grand Anse d’Arlet hoping that they would be heading South so we can rendezvous in the middle somewhere.
On the short sail to our new anchorage, a small tear developed in our headsail. We’ll either have to change the sail out to a smaller spare, or repair the one with the rip. That will all depend on the weather. If it’s raining out, it will have to be a replacement because it’s not possible to do the repair if the sail is wet. It’s 8:00am on Saturday and drizzling. Things don’t look promising for the repair.
Loon’s email did not specify what part of the island they were at. We guessed that they sailed to the lee side of the island despite the fact that there are several anchorages on the windward side as well. We headed 20 miles East then North to Grand Anse d’Arlet hoping that they would be heading South so we can rendezvous in the middle somewhere.
On the short sail to our new anchorage, a small tear developed in our headsail. We’ll either have to change the sail out to a smaller spare, or repair the one with the rip. That will all depend on the weather. If it’s raining out, it will have to be a replacement because it’s not possible to do the repair if the sail is wet. It’s 8:00am on Saturday and drizzling. Things don’t look promising for the repair.
