Still in Martinique?

 Here is a picture of Maria at the dentist’s front door, waiting for him to return from lunch.  I believe the dentist’s office is also home to a hypnotist, as you can see.  Hmmmm.

 A hike on the wild side of Martinique's windy east coast.

 Our small hiking group of sailors on Martinique.

 Crossing a river along the route.  Luckily Maria didn't have to swim!

 Visiting the Clement rum distillery

The various rums that Clement produces.  Of course it is necessary to sample each one!

 Chateau Aubrey on Martinique.  This was supposedly owned by Lord Byron.

Steps up to the Chateau.  It was very eerie inside with crumbling ceilings and floors to avoid.  What a majestic place this must have been, back in the day.

Maria waiting for the bus in St. Anne, Martinique

 Aspen's anchorage in St. Anne, Martinique.  Diamond Rock is in the distance on the left while the coast of Martinique is in the middle and on the right.

The dinghy dock in St. Anne, Martinique.  This is where we put our dinghy when we go ashore.

Another hiking grou of friends in Martinique.  It was a beach hike as you can see.  We were waiting for noon when the restaurant would open!

Sunshine and water in St. Anne, Martinique.

The view from Aspen of our neighbors in St. Anne, Martinique.

Petit Anse d'Arlet, Martinique.  A fishing village along the west coast of Martinique where we anchored for a change.


S/Y Aspen – February 3, 2018 – Log #155
Aspen Position: 14 degrees 25’ N  060 degrees 53’ W
Ste. Anne, Martinique, Caribbean

Almost 2 months later, yes we are still in Martinique.  It is difficult to let go of the French wines, baguettes, cheeses and fantastic reasonably priced restaurants in this special place, deep in the Windward Islands of the Caribbean.  So why not just enjoy it?

Many of our sailor friends are here with us and that lends a daily air of partying to the whole experience.  Hiking, sunset happy hours, beach picnics, a wee bit of Rum and great conversations are part of the sailing experience.

Well we did make two trips to the neighboring island of St. Lucia to get a few parts, or at least tried to get boat parts.  Captain Steve managed to spin the propeller on the dinghy outboard engine (he ran over a submerged rope).  So we needed a new propeller.  There were none in Martinique but St. Lucia said they had one, after a telephone call.  Well it turns out they really didn’t have a replacement propeller, once we made the sail over to that island.  Geeze.  It must have been a “mis-communication”, or so they thought.

We also had to find a dentist in Martinique yesterday.  Captain Steve’s tooth has been bothering him for about a month and after snorkeling it became more painful.  So off on a hike to the dentist we go.  Once we located a dentist about a mile away, we waited for him to show up at 3 pm, after he took a 3 hour lunch it seemed.  Unfortunately he didn’t speak English but agreed to take a look at the troublesome tooth.

Luckily the dentist’s next patient spoke English so that helped things as the waiting patient translated for the French dentist.  After poking around and pounding on the offending tooth it was determined that there might be a cavity under a crown but the dentist did not have the proper equipment to proceed any further.  Hmmmm.

So now we have antibiotics and pain pills to take care of the problem until we fly back to Colorado in the spring.  Let’s hope it works.

Just more adventures in the tropical Caribbean!

Sail on, sail on Aspen…