Heavy rain woke us up as a squall with up to 29 knots of wind blasted us. We had one squall after another and were not sure yet if we were able to leave. Sid managed to wave his white flag to the ferry driver and wouldn't you know from then on he came in three boat lengths from us instead of just a half one and a lot slower. The weather wasn't so good, but the window for Sunday stands still open. There is a weird system out there, which they can't explain, but at least we know that if it should turn into something, it's going to happen north of us. After at least 6 squalls we finally lifted anchor and sailed, I said SAILED the 5 miles to Grand Ans D'Arlet. Wow what a rare thing to actually pull the jib out and sail 5 knots with jib only, can't remember when we did that last time. We made it just on time to our new anchorage, the anchor set, Sid had enough time to get back into the cockpit and a heavy downpour of rain swept over us again. This anchorage is really beautiful with water as clear as in a swimming pool. Later in the afternoon we cleaned the bottom of the boat and also looked at the anchor how it was set and we saw the weirdest creatures, fish with wings, lots of them. They were hanging around the chain amongst dozens of baby sole. If the flying fish have their wings closed they somewhat resemble a huge fat grasshopper and change the appearance completely when opening the wings which are now surrounded by a glowing bleu color. As we cleaned the bottom of the boat I also noticed little tiny shrimp eating off the hull, they could have not been bigger than one millimeter. Here we are again in another beautiful tropical anchorage enjoying the view and waiting for the next weather window.
PS: found frozen blue crab in the store, already cleaned, 17 crab for under 10 bucks from Cuba! This is going to be a yummy dinner tonight.
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