{"id":1501,"date":"2013-05-15T09:49:59","date_gmt":"2013-05-15T13:49:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tusentakk2.com\/wordpress\/?p=1501"},"modified":"2013-05-15T09:49:59","modified_gmt":"2013-05-15T13:49:59","slug":"ilet-des-saintes-may-6-12-2013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/tusentakk2.com\/wordpress\/2013\/05\/ilet-des-saintes-may-6-12-2013\/","title":{"rendered":"Ilet des Saintes — May 6-12, 2013"},"content":{"rendered":"

On May 6, we left Anse Canot, Marie Galante, and motored downwind and westward back to \u00cclet des Saintes.\u00a0 Arctic Tern<\/em>, as usual, had departed before us and was already settled into the mooring field at Terre d`en Haut when we arrived.\u00a0 The mooring buoys there, as in other French islands, feature a heavy metal ring mounted atop a metal stem protruding from the top of the float, and no painter.\u00a0 So a vessel with a high bow, such as our beloved Kadey-Krogen trawler, has some difficulty getting attached.\u00a0 Hunter, well aware of our problem, was already standing by in his dinghy in order to help feed our painters through the ring and back up to the Admiral on the foredeck.<\/p>\n

We like Terre d`en Haut a lot, but had not spent much time there in recent years.\u00a0 So when I suggested that we walk to lunch to a restaurant I remembered fondly for its menu, but not so accurately for its location, I led Arctic Tern<\/em> and Bodacious <\/em>on a wild goose chase before conceding defeat and \u201csettling\u201d for Douceur de I`Isle, near Baie de Pompierre, where we each had a satisfying meal.\u00a0 On another day, after Arctic<\/em> Tern<\/em> had departed for Portsmouth, Dominica, TT2<\/em> and Bodacious<\/em> tried again, and had success on the road to Grande Anse, just opposite the cemetery.\u00a0 Alas, I still can not call up the name of the restaurant.\u00a0 But it is<\/em> good.<\/p>\n

And speaking of restaurants, when Ann and Steve (Receta<\/em>) arrived, we joined them for dinner at La Saladerie, where we had a marvelous meal.\u00a0 The restaurant is also an art gallery; the owner Edouard has filled the walls with his creations that have earned him fame in France and sales worldwide.<\/p>\n

We also did some diving in the Saintes.\u00a0 Arctic Tern,<\/em> Bodacious<\/em> and TT2<\/em> first dove below Pain de Sucre, and the next day the southwest corner of \u00cclet \u00e0 Cabrit.\u00a0 Jack joined us for a third day of diving at Pain de Sucre, and Barb and I dove there yet one more time the next day.\u00a0 On those last two times, I took my housed Nikon down with me.<\/p>\n

After Arctic Tern<\/em> had left, and before Receta<\/em> had arrived, Bodacious <\/em>and TT2<\/em> pulled the dinghy up on the south beach of \u00cclet \u00e0 Cabrit and followed the trails up to the ruins of the fort on the island.<\/p>\n

On May 12, Receta<\/em> and TT2<\/em> left the Saintes and moved the 23 nm to Prince Rupert Bay at Portsmouth, Dominica.\u00a0 As we left the mooring field, we passed by the magnificent square rigger S\u00f8rlandet, whose home port is Kristiansand, Norway, home of many of our Norwegian friends.<\/p>\n

Neither vessel got so much as a nibble on our fishing lines as we traveled south to Dominica. \u00a0But to learn about our activities in Portsmouth, one must tune in to the next exciting episode of \u201cChuck and Barb go cruising.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\t\t