Tuesday, May 8, 2012

Australian in Martinique

Today we were sitting in the cockpit having a coffee and a home made Anzac biscuit when this guy paddled over on a kayak calling out 'did you sail that from Fremantle and is that an island Packet '. He was born in Sydney and came from the little 23 feet yacht anchored close by. I invited him for a coffee and Anzac and he proved to be very entertaining. He lived in Belgium where he bought his boat that was build in the Isle of White. It was a Yamiuth (or something like that). He had sailed it everywhere with hand held gps and not many electronics and by himself. With everywhere I mean from Europe and around here and Brasil. He had plenty of stories. His girlfriend of 6 years had chosen for a big house and car over him. He had made enough money to start a marina in French Guyana and he had been negotiating with the government there for the last 6 months but should start building in September. He had lots to say about the French and English islands here and we were entertained. The other funny thing that happened today was that we took a bus to the Casino because we were told that here was a very good buffet lunch. So we asked directions went by bus walked a lot through the heat and arrived at a big supermarket called Casino. When we finally got to the real casino the buffet was not on on Mondays. Here is a photo of David's 23 foot yacht. On the far right corner you can see his kayak which he paddled to shore to meet a girl (a friend of a friend) in neat long trousers shirt and proper shoes. He said that he does not look for what most cruisers look for he looks for the girls. I say good luck David

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