Marigot Bay
Irie
Thu 17 Jan 2008 00:38
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Wednesday 16th January
After an hour and a half's early excercise, spent
most of the rest of Tuesday morning totally dismantling the outboard fuel system
and expelling nasty gummy muck from all the bits. Also threw away the old petrol
can, and invested in one without a breather that seems totally watertight. Fired
it up and since then it's buzzed very happily.
Renewed mobility enabled further visits to
chandlers for odd boat items, such that we now sport an aditional couple of
fenders and an extra solar panel. Also enabled a fruitless search for new
wind generator bearings, hopefully a solution to the harsh grumble that's
developed over the past month.
Today, we renewed our association with France. It
proved much better than the initial experience indicated.It was buzzing,
full of of high quality shops and very, very French. It is remarkable how
defined the French way of life is in these far away places - you could not be
anywhere else - baguettes and batons, coffee and croissants, uniquely
French brands in the supermarkets, gendarmes on corners and French papers in the
Journeaux et Tabacs, all under a fluttering tricoleur up at the fort. It's
much more dominant than our fuzzy legacy through other islands in the
chain. Anyway it was a good visit, prefaced by a climb up to Fort St Louis that
afforded a great view over Marigot, the Lagoon and Simpson Bay, and then rounded
off by an excellent light lunch.
The view from Fort Louis - Mariogot in the
foreground, Irie anchored somewhere behind the Witches Tit mid left, and then
Simpson Bay in the far distance
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