On day three we snorkeled near the Pigeon islets, then as boat after boat of scuba divers swarmed in we moved away and spent some time learning to drive the boat in tight circles. We then sailed down to Rivière Sens near Basse Terre to change boats. It seems that Sunsail did send us a […]

Ilêt Pigeon consists of two little specks off of Pigeon on the West coast of Guadeloupe. The islands and the immediately surrounding waters form a national park of France, therefore fishing and anchoring are prohibited. We passed the night anchored off the mainland and assumed we were waiting for the replacement boat. Bob led a […]

Our second day, we spent the morning on the boat trying to get the engine started. After much tinkering we came to the conclusion that the battery was no good, so we went ashore for lunch and to recharge the battery or to buy a new one. We ended up buying a new battery which […]

We took a shared taxi to Nelson’s Dockyard, our driver was a mad fellow who sang along to the radio completely atonally but with great gusto.