And back to St Lucia
Anastasia
Phil May and Andrea Twigg
Sat 31 Dec 2011 14:21
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14:05.34N 60:57.64W
The trip back was a close reach into 20 knot winds
and 2m waves which made it a bit lumpy, with a lot of spray coming over the
bows. We had put one reef in the mainsail, but we left Martinique rather
late and did not want to be anchoring in the dark, so did not want to slow
down further to reduce the bumps. Andrea did not enjoy the
crossing.
Bertie and Daniel hooked a fish, but with it being
dragged along at 9 knots the waves were tossing it several meters into the
air and then it was crashing down into the water and unfortunately the
hook pulled out before they could reel it in. Then I was unpopular because
I did not slow down to land it.
We got to Pigeon Island at sunset and into Rodney
Bay at dusk. Right now we are anchored in the bay, waiting to go back into
the marina sometime today.
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