St. Anne, Martinique
14.26.186N
60.53.141W

Today was another wet and windy day but the forecast is still looking good for a Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday transit from here to St. Croix and . . . We’ll have a full moon.

Since we had promised to meet up with Chez Freddie, Dream Weaver & Rainbowrider for lunch in Le Marin, we braved the rain and 2-3’ choppy waves to make our way into Le Marin. In fact, we were bouncing so much over the waves, one of the seats broke in the dinghy. It took a great deal longer than we had hoped but we finally made it in and joined the others for lunch at Ti Toques. The food was very French, very pretty and very tasty. Freddie, a French teacher in her previous life, translated everything for us. Just about everyone had something different; Dale had a marinated marlin and I had stewed pork but it was all good.

As we all waddled back to the dock, we ran into John off Panacia. John was right across from us in Trini. When he first saw us and then everyone else, he commented that it was like old home week from Trini. We chatted until the next rain shower broke up the reunion.

We dropped by Chez Freddie on our way back to the Palace and checked out the ‘radials’ he told us about. They were simply wires but he gave us the formula to calculate how long to make them and he and Dale discussed how to attach them and how they were supposed to help in transmitting. Dale definitely has wire, so I’m sure he’ll be adding that little task to his list when the boat stops bobbing and weaving in the winds.

Once again, we spent the rest of the day curled up with a book, computer or simply napped waiting for the weather to clear up.