Guadeloupe

We moved South from Antigua to Deshaies, Guadeloupe and had a nice sail. About half way over the wind picked up a bit so we rolled in some of the jib. After an hour or so we tried to roll up the rest of the jib and could not. We could move it a foot or so in or out but could not roll it up entirely. Had to go up on deck and drop the sail and then move it back to the cockpit.

Once we arrived in Deshaies we discovered that we had a line override inside the furling drum - what a mess but was finally able to clear it. Before reinstalling the sail we examined it and decided to do some repair to the sunbrella cover. Lesley took the dinghy in and cleared in while I stayed on the boat and dried off from an early afternoon "Hat Rescue" swim!

Had a nice evening in the anchorage with some small amount of occasional roll.

The next day we walked to the local Botanical Garden and had a great time exploring and taking pictures of the plants and animals.

Lorikeet













Every "Pirate" ship should have a parrot!




















Some of the blooms from the Botanical Garden