Dawn took a picture of me up the mast a few days ago and suggested she wanted to post it. I was just fixing some bungie cord that the sun rotted away, but the pic also shows a New Brunswick flag up on the courtesy halyard. Well, here is the story. We began noticing that many Canadians from Quebec place the Quebec provincial flag on their courtesy halyard. Indeed, some of these sailors use a large Quebec flag as their stern or country-of-registration flag. We also notice that many Quebecers keep their courtesy Quebec flag up when in French territory but put their stern or Canadian flag away. Obvious and curious.
It appears that they don’t wish to be mistaken for an Anglophone, but maybe I’m too sensitive and they just are very proud of their province. Assuming it is just provincial pride, I have brought down the New Brunswick flag, and put it up in the halyards whenever one of these Quebec boats come near. They have a lot in Quebec of which to be proud, but golly, I’m proud to be a New Brunswicker. I have had no comments about my flag.
Laurie
Dawn here:
Doug and Wendy from the boat "Nahanni River" sporting new hats and a t-shirt given to us by my sister Lorna and her friend, Linda Spence, from their sailing club back in Port Stanley. Mount Gay hats and t-shirts are a coveted thing here as Mount Gay rum supports many of the big regattas, and wearing these hats and t-shirts suggests you participated in the racing - the only easy way to get them. Doug had been showing off his "rum" shirts from each island and was tickled when I came out with the Mount Gay shirt in just his size. Wendy was too tiny for a shirt, but the hat fit just right!
Yesterday, Laurie and I hiked up to the top of Pigeon Island to take photos of the end of yesterday's St. Lucia Yacht Club race to and from Martinique. While up there, I took these photos, this one includes Sandals in Rodney Bay.
Imagine, going to bed at night only to wake up in the morning to see this monster anchored behind us! It happens more times than I can count!
At the end of every hike, there is often a bar or restaurant willing to provide you with a cool refreshment. We headed into one of our favourite spots, "Jambe de Bois" and found this kitty asleep in the washroom. There was no waking her up until she decided to wake up!
Outside, a rasta gentleman left his post where he was making necklaces to sell the tourists from the cruise ship you saw above. This healthy kitty resident investigates!
