Tues Apr 21,09
Had a fairly calm night watch.
We wore ship sometime before I came on watch and have been sailing to leeward of Guadalupe. I had
second lookout which was just at dawn as we approached the island. The sky slowly brightened and with a
this crescent moon low in the eastern sky it was beautiful to watch.
The Western side of Guadalupe is high, very much like Dominica and has a cap of clouds as well. As we
sailed into the lee the wind dropped and we started to take in sail preparatory to motoring when the wind
actually picked up again. We reset the foresail and mainsail and we are still ghosting along to the South.
If we end up motoring we should arrive at the Saints this afternoon.
More later…
We motored through the afternoon and got pasted with some really sstrong rain squalls as we passed
Guadalupe.
We arrive at the Iles des Saints around 3;00pm anchored in the little harbour and got cleared in without
too much fuss. Our watch is off this evening and tomorrow so we went ashore to check out the place. It is
like a little chunk of France very neat and tidy and pretty laid back.
I’m going with David and our new doctor Rick to rent some scooters to see the island tomorrow. I’ll fill
you all in on how it goes.
Thanks for reading.
KJ
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