After a light breakfast of fruit we moved Dignity back to Le Bourg – roughly where we were yesterday but further out. We ended up anchoring in 50 feet of water which is much deeper than we’ve anchored before. We couldn’t make ourselves happy with the position as we kept coming up close to another boat so we shifted over to the other side of the bay where we anchored and now remain.
First half of the day was light as we were recovering from the previous nights escapades. I did manage a trip to the bakery for fresh bread for lunch.
This afternoon we took a walk over to Marigot Bay and up onto the point beyond called Morne Morel. We were presented with some beautiful sights including looking down into Plage de Pompiere which we eventually walked down to. It’s a beautiful area and we want to spend a bit more time there.
So this defines the next few days. Tomorrow it’s up early to finally get some decent fresh croissants. If the croissants are as good as the bread they’ll be heavenly. After breakfast we’ll prepare lunch and pack our snorkels and first stop will be back up the hill to Fort Napoleon. After that we’ll head to Plage de Pompierre where we’ll go rock hopping, snorkeling and have our lunch. Back on Dignity we’ll move over to Ilet a Cabrit and stay a couple of nights to unwind ready for our trip to Point-a-Pitre on Sunday.
Very interested in Dominica. No one ever goes there. What’s the deal? lack of marinas or bays or is it the boat boys and crime?
The comments on Dominica in a summary:
1) Local services providers to cruisers far too pushy
2) Rained all the time
My comments
1) This could be a matter of taste. We may not mind folks trying hard. I know the concept of “boat boys” divides people. We’re open minded as we have no experience yet of them.
2) Keeps the salt off the boat but I lose solar time.