{"id":8341,"date":"2018-02-16T15:26:41","date_gmt":"2018-02-16T20:26:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/?p=8341"},"modified":"2018-02-16T15:26:41","modified_gmt":"2018-02-16T20:26:41","slug":"a-taste-of-maine-in-martinique","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/?p=8341","title":{"rendered":"A taste of Maine in Martinique"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s rare to see a classic boat here in Martinique where the only really old ones are generally nearly or totally derelict.\u00a0 \u00a0However, as we moved from St Anne to Le Marin today, to put Pandora on a mooring, this lovely motorsailer passed us going the other way.<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8350\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/IMG_8818.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"466\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/IMG_8818.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/IMG_8818-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/>She&#8217;s a beauty, built in the 50s, a steel motorsailer.\u00a0 \u00a0This video talks about her recent refit in Belfast Maine.<iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/S6cyoFTj74o\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe>It&#8217;s indeed rare to see classics south of Antigua and a treat.\u00a0 I only wish that I had seen her when she was anchored in St Anne so I could have gotten some better shots.\u00a0 Anyway, we saw her.\u00a0 \u00a0Her cruising schedule is taking her far and wide this season although she was shipped from Newport to the American Virgins by ship.\u00a0 Want to follow her?\u00a0 Check out her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Little-Vigilant-125350554173111\/\">FaceBook page<\/a>.\u00a0 Not a lot of current information there although it seems that she was designed by Walter McGinnis in Boston and build by Abeking and Rasmussen in Germany, the same yard that built the iconic Concordia Yawls.<\/p>\n<p>On another subject, yesterday Brenda and I went for a hike along the shore near St Anne.\u00a0 It involved some ups and downs, more than Brenda wanted and als0 was a bit longer, no make that a LOT longer, than I had expected.\u00a0 Oops.<\/p>\n<p>Anyway, it was a beautiful walk.\u00a0 \u00a0This view, of the anchorage, shows how many boats are anchored off of St Anne.\u00a0\u00a0<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8347\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/IMG_8814.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"466\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/IMG_8814.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/IMG_8814-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/>A bit farther down, a view to the south toward St Lucia, where we hope to visit when we return from CT in early March.\u00a0<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8349\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/IMG_8817.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"1050\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/IMG_8817.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/IMG_8817-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/IMG_8817-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/IMG_8817-533x800.jpg 533w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/>Along the way we saw a number of specimens of this very interesting tree, a <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bursera_simaruba\">Caribbean Birch<\/a>, called that because the bark peels like a north american birch.\u00a0 \u00a0It&#8217;s also called a tourist tree, because it is red and peels like a sunburned tourist.\u00a0 They are very fast growing and look impressive.\u00a0 Their wood is a dark red like mahogany.\u00a0 Beautiful.\u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8348\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/IMG_8816.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"1050\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/IMG_8816.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/IMG_8816-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/IMG_8816-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/IMG_8816-533x800.jpg 533w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/>The walk was nice but being longer than expected and the fact that we had to bum a ride with some random Italian tourist and his family at the end didn&#8217;t go particularly well with Brenda.\u00a0 \u00a0Oops.\u00a0 And, as our Son Rob would say,\u00a0 &#8220;Nice work.\u00a0 A CLM, career limiting move Dad&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>For much of the week the locals in Martinique have been celebrating Carnival and even in little St Anne, there was something going on each day.\u00a0 \u00a0In the evenings the music would blare and a small parade would make it&#8217;s way through town.\u00a0 \u00a0This truck had some impressive sound equipment aboard.\u00a0\u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8344\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/IMG_8807.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"466\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/IMG_8807.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/IMG_8807-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/>You could feel as well as hear the music a long way off.\u00a0 \u00a0After it passed, &#8220;oh, that&#8217;s a lot of speakers&#8221;.\u00a0 \u00a0 No wonder it sounded like it was right in Pandora&#8217;s cockpit with us.\u00a0\u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8343\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/IMG_8806.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"466\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/IMG_8806.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/IMG_8806-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/>Many locals dressed up and marched, or danced along with the parade.\u00a0\u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8342\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/IMG_8803.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"466\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/IMG_8803.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/IMG_8803-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/>I particularly enjoyed this girl in her costume.\u00a0 \u00a0Store bought perhaps but fun never the less.\u00a0 \u00a0Cute kid.\u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8345\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/IMG_8812.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"1050\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/IMG_8812.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/IMG_8812-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/IMG_8812-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/IMG_8812-533x800.jpg 533w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/>Well, that&#8217;s about all for now.\u00a0 \u00a0Tomorrow we pack up for our trip home to the states for two weeks.\u00a0 \u00a0Lots of details including someone to keep an eye on Pandora and to water her plants.\u00a0 \u00a0Plants you say?\u00a0 Yes, plants.<\/p>\n<p>We are excited to see the kids and our granddaughter Tori.\u00a0 \u00a0 Will be fun.\u00a0 \u00a0Back to Pandora and south for more exploring after March 5th.<\/p>\n<p>As always, details to come.<\/p>\n<p>Seeing Little Vigilant today reminded me of the coming cold weather up north.\u00a0 A taste of the coming weather when we head home, a taste of Maine here in Martinique.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s rare to see a classic boat here in Martinique where the only really old ones are generally nearly or totally derelict.\u00a0 \u00a0However, as we moved from St Anne to Le Marin today, to put Pandora on a mooring, this lovely motorsailer passed us going the other way.She&#8217;s a beauty, built in the 50s, a 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