St Lucia

The day before we left Martinique we rented a car for 43 euro's and drove up to Mt Pelee. This is a volcano that erupted in 1902 and killed 30 thousand people. We took the longer route up for the hike because it was a shorter drive. It was a four hour round trip leaving us with tired legs. We are slowly getting back in shape after our 33 day crossing of the Atlantic. The peak is 4500 ft high. We cleared out with customs at 730am before our hike in case we got back late.


The next morning we were off by 730am for St Lucia 22 miles to the South. The wind was just South of East making it a hard beat all the way. We motor sailed the last half as a current was pushing us to the West. We arrived just after lunch and dropped the hook in Rodney bay and dingied in to clear customs and check out the marina.

The skipper only is to go ashore to clear in here and when I got in after a longish dinghy ride I realized I had forgot my sandals. I apologized for the bare feet to the officials, but they did not seem to mind. They are dressed in nice neat uniforms. Later in afternoon we moved into the marina for some easy living. It is a beautiful marina, nice new docks and free wifi. There is Canadian yachts all around us, mostly French Canadian.

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-anchored in 18ft at 14 04.94N  60 57.58W   Good protection.
-Clearing in is easy, all 3 offices are in same room on 2nd floor by docks in Rodney bay marina, beside marina office.