RAINY SPELL IN MARTINIQUE

Sadly it was pouring with rain on Sunday morning for Nic’s birthday so no pre-breakfast swim, indeed no swim at all.  After a leisurely morning we set sail for Martinique and covered the 26 miles in less than 3 hours in time to have tea and cake.  A delicious steak dinner rounded off a great day.

Monday we were back in action.  Miranda and I rented a car and set off for the supermarkets to finish provisioning the boat.  It was somewhat of a frustrating trip as stocks were low after the weekend and holidays.  Despite that we filled the car and have somehow managed to fit it all into the lockers, refrigerator and freezer.  We even topped up with more today from the market.  We certainly won’t be going hungry on our forthcoming journey!

Robin and Nic have been working on more technical jobs.  We’re waiting for the return of one of the navigation screens which has been removed for repair.  The two spinnakers were back this morning and have been stowed in the sail locker. 

If all goes well we will be able to leave for Panama early tomorrow morning.  We plan to stop in the San Blas islands for a few days before transiting the canal around the 19^th May.