Saturday Night....

This is just a quick update from the Bay of Cyclones, LeMarin, Martinique. Persephone has been here for the past week. Bay of Cyclones is a great place to get work done on the boat as it is a nearly completely enclosed mangrove 'swamp". The winds are dissipated by the surrounding hills, and all seas are abated by the shore lined mangroves. So without wind and seas, I have been able to get Persephone completely washed and waxed. She is looking really good...to make her look great I need my electric buffer which I left in Connecticut. But, she passes the fifty foot test !

But, it hasn't been all work and no play. We celebrated Cinco de Mayo, took a bus trip to the capital Fort de France, and checked out a local boat show; not to mention shopping in the French super markets. As I have said before, the French sure know their food....I am on the baguette a day program !!

The most significant feature of the week has been the rain. It has rained and rained and then rained some more. And, this is NOT the wet season !! It has rained so much that I have not had to use the watermaker, as fresh water is being collected off the decks. Actually, it has been raining for nearly two weeks, and the updated forecast features MORE rain for at least the next week !! A freak front is stalled over the central eastern Caribbean. There is even talk about this front forming the first tropical low of the season...no thanks !!

Persephone is loosely buddy-boating with Silver Heels III and Liahona. We have decided to leave Martinique in the morning for St. Lucia. This is an easy twenty-five mile hop which we will do in the morning.

Hopefully, we will have regular internet in St. Lucia and I can get back to regular postings of both text and pictures....

Happy Mothers' Day as it applies....

Capt Dave