It’s Carnival season in the Caribbean and we were fortunate enough to see a small demonstration in Grand Case on Jan. 18th. The drumming parade started at 4 pm but the drumming continued well into the evening. We could still hear the drums while having a nice happy hour aboard Sundog – with Sharron, John and their friend Peter (who arrived on Saturday for a 10 day visit). The parade was colourful and super fun. I think we were all impressed by the quantity and quality of the participants.
On Monday we actually got a tiny bit of sailing in as we made our way back to Marigot Bay. As I mentioned, we’re in the middle of a week and a half “blow” – wind speeds are consistently in the high teeens to mid 20knots. That kind of speed is great when you’re sailing but not much fun when you’re anchored. Our boat has been doing a lot of bouncing and moving around which makes it loads of fun to move around inside. I have a few new bruises!! This type of wind also makes it a challenge to dinghy to shore – it’s often a wet ride!! Marigot Bay is fairly wide open so we are seeing waves along with the wind. It’s all part of the sailing life!
We’ll be anchored here for a bit as we wait for Mark’s brother John and his family to arrive on Jan. 27th and will probably stay in this bay until the beginning of February. The wind is expected to die down by Jan. 23rd so it will be way more comfortable here fairly soon.
Crimson Kathryn and her crew 
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