To Antigua

Dominican 'boat boy'
Originally uploaded by rosailither.

A week of travelling - 250 miles in 7 day trips:
From St Vincent to St Lucia, then Martinique, Dominica (Roseau and Portsmouth), Les Saintes, Guadeloupe and finally Antigua.
Most places we didn’t even set foot ashore, arriving late and leaving early the following morning.
The end-of-season exodus is starting with boats travelling either north or south to avoid the Caribbean hurricane season so lots of familiar boats in each anchorage and a couple of evenings catching up with cruising friends.
We spent an afternoon in Martinique and were surprised to find ourselves in France again – it was noticeably more affluent than the surrounding independent islands, especially neighbouring Dominica, which although a beautiful island attracts very little tourism. There the ‘boat boys’ don’t even all own boats, many paddle out on surfboards to sell their fruit.
Classics Week starts here tomorrow, the dock is full of enormous yachts in pristine condition and crews to match, it should be quite a spectacle to watch them race.