Saint-Pierre was the original capital city of Martinique. All, but a few building foundations, were wiped clean from the coast by the explosive eruption of Mont Pelee in 1902. Only one person survived the eruption, a prisoner locked in solitary confinement in a tomb of a prison building. People […]
Monthly archives: March 2013
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Some times when you go into a new place with low expectations, you are pleasantly surprised. I thought there would be nothing for a dog to do in the capital city, but I was mistaken. Right off the anchorage in Fort de France is a big open park called La Savane. […]
The humans finally got everything repaired on the boat and fitted back into place. You should have seen them carrying their repaired spinnaker pole back to the anchored boat in the dingy. Half the pole hung out the front, like a battering ram, the other half trailed in the water behind […]
The joy of the cruising community is that they all try to help each other. Help each other drink, that is. Now, on a more serious note, they do try and give you their best advice. And as many have been at it a lot longer then us, it is worth listening. […]
Well the humans had a problem. When they tried to drop the two foresails, they set up for the crossing, they would not come down. Up the mast they went, and discovered that the top of the furler had come off the track……not good. One more thing damaged on the […]