Sailing Baby Blue

We stayed almost two weeks in Martinique so that we could meet up with Jon’s friend, Matt, when he flew in for a business trip. While we were there we tried to improve our French and put it to the test when we went to see Jurassic World in the theater; dubbed and with no subtitles. We also entertained ourselves perusing the bookstore’s DVD selection full of thought-provoking translations of popular movie titles. In St. Pierre we spent some time with our newest cruising friends on Bueller. They were in the Bahamas at the same time we were, but we didn’t meet until they anchored next to us in Dominica. We snorkeled around the anchorage in search of the twelve ships that sunk when Mount Pelée erupted in 1902, but instead of finding them Jon found and speared our first lionfish. Racing Bueller to Martinique   The cutest beer glass I ever did see. And the strangest art work. Lionfish are invasive and people are encouraged to kill them, so don't be too dismayed by ...

We had a pretty quick and painless day sail from Iles des Saintes, Guadeloupe to Dominica. Before we were even within a mile of the harbor, we were greeted by our designated tour guide/vendor/ambassador for Portsmouth, Titus, on his motorboat. Tour guides in Dominica have to be certified, and a group of them came together to provide services to yachts, taking turns claiming each one as it sails into the harbor. Since they provide security by patrolling the anchorage, we wanted to support them as much as we could with our given budget. Well actually, we kind of gave the budget the finger.  We went to the weekly barbecue and met a bunch of new cruisers then agreed to take a guided island tour to see a few waterfalls and the Carib territory (similar to our Native American reservations) one day and tour the Indian River the next. Our tour was scheduled a couple of days out in order to draw in more people and lower the price, so we had some time to hike around on our own which is usua...