Safe in St. Kitts!

Arrived safely in Port Zante marina in Basseterre, St. Christopher. The wind died near Monserrat, so we motored the rest of the way. It was so flat and calm we even got here ahead of schedule!

Sailing to St. Kitts

Off to St. Kitts.... should be there by tomorrow morning! Check the SPOT map for updates on our position.

Happy Birthday Tara!

She is wonderful and today we celebrate all that is TARA!!!

Also, I uploaded a bunch of pics to the blog last night, so click on "older posts" at the bottom of the page to be sure you see them all!

Zipline in Dominica

One word: AWESOME

Dominica Market

Saturday is the busiest day at the well-established market in Roseau, Dominica.

Tara buys corn (of course).

The Japanese donated a serious fish warehouse to the market, including several giant walk-in deep freezers, one of which is equipped with a massive icemaker.

Eddie Murphy cleans our fish.

Yellowfin Tuna, 72 lbs., sliced in half with a band saw.

Dominica

Strong Soil!

They grow em bigger in Texas.... and Dominica! On the left is regular
parsley bought on one of the french islands (Antigua maybe?). On the
right is Dominicia parsley-- HUGE!

Back in Dominica

Moored just south of the capital of Dominica, Roseau. Pictures from Martinique soon!

Rhum Depaz

Afternoon visit to the Depaz Distillery in St. Pierre, Martinique at the base of the Mt Pelee volcano. Built four years after the 1902 eruption that destroyed the town and killed 30,000 people. Initially water was used to power the cane presses. Now steam is used and they burn the leftover cane stalks to boil the water, and recover the ash from the fire to fertilize the plantations! Rhum Agricole is made directly from pressed sugar cane, not molasses, so it is stronger and cleaner-tasting. Delicious!

Scenes from Martinique