Cat Tales decked out with the New Brunswick flag. Terentella decked out with the Nova Scotia flag. We arrived here in St Anne Martinque after a brief stop in Bequia and a few days stop in Rodney BayWhile in Bequia at anchor one blustery afternoon, I stood up and looked out and noticed a boat drifting very close to our bow. Brian jumped in the dinghy and went to the boat and I wentto the bow with the boat pole. No one was on board. I got to the VHF radio and put out a call for help and three boats came to help in an instant. Could not believe how fast it was moving. With Brian back on board we lifted our anchor to get out of its way. The other dinghys acted as fenders and then they got on board the drifting boat and got it reanchored. As it is our custom wihen we get anchored we take coordinates and have an anchor down beer and make sure we are set well. We invited all our helpers on board and had our beer. By then another dinghy came by slowly with looks of puzzlement. Like where did our boat go. We called out to them and they were the culprits. Dawn called out we were having an anchor down beer and it was their anchor. They very sheepishly apologized. Got to their boat ...lifted anchor and reanchored as far as they could from us. Funny I didn't have time to get any pictures of this event.
We have had lots of rain in our time here this month. More than usual it seems. Enough to put a curb on our hiking. We have taken a couple road hikes with no mud or slipping. We have taken a lovely city bus to do shopping in the nearest city Marin. They have a great big grocery store for stocking up with French wines and cheeses. As always the French islands always present a problem in buying Internet data. Both the language and the systems. But we think after three tripson the bus we have it worked out.
Certainly the social life is very busy here with Christmas and New Years. We had a lovely Christmas dinner at a beach restaurant. Then some beach time afterwards.
