After a quiet night in StLucia ' Anse la raie, we motored along the west coast of the island and had almost settled for anchoring in Rodney Bay due to a total lack of wind when a south westerly breeze came up and made us decide to sail the 20 some miles to Martinique! The lure of French delicious food and wine was strong and the weather great: we had a great sail up to 10 miles from Martinique when the wind stopped. It seems that the trade winds were disturbed by a strong cold front pushing far south and creating a troph with its squalls, t-storms, heavy rains and abnormal wind patterns. Whatever...we anchored in Le Marin at the end of the afternoon and Marlyne went right after the apero to Leader Price in order to buy saucisson, rillettes and cheese! We had a delicious supper!

We went back for more delicacies on the next day and sailed to Sainte-Anne in order to be in a prettier anchorage where swimming is possible.

Here in Ste-Anne, one feels like in a French village...with its backeries, cafes and rotisseries...Heiner is getting us French pain every morning from this little backery shop.