Arrived in Guadeloupe

We just spent 2 days traveling from Dominica to Guadalupe and up along its west coast to Deshaies. The wind was almost always on the beam and between 15 and 20 knots. With 2 reefs in the main, half the jib and both sails hanked as far over as could be we moved along at between 7 to 8 knots with total comfort on the boat. It was a dream sail!!

We'll be here for a couple of days and planning to leave for Antigua on Tuesday. We intend to spend most of it playing in the wild surf over at Grand Anse Beach, a half hour walk from here.

After spending 3 weeks in Portsmouth, Dominica, we feel we finally understand how the boat boys work and operate working together to keep us safe and offer services. The other islands have much to learn from these fine men!

We'll try to get a few pictures up soon.