Location: 15° 52.04 N, 61° 35.21 W
Monday 12:00, 05.15.2006

The Schooner Maggie B’s noon position on Monday, May 15 is in the lovely Bay of Bourg des Saintes, in Les Saintes. We are at 15° 52.04 N, 61° 35.21 W. We are just south of Guadaloupe, just north of Dominica. We expect to take off tomorrow for the approximately 90 mile run to Fort de France, Martinique.

Isle des Saintes, besides being lovely, and a fine bastion of France (good croissants, great cooking and inexpensive wine) has quite a number of iguanas. Very astonishing, even when you are expecting them. The people here are largely Breton, and the architecture reflects it.

One interesting detail is that the sun is now north of us at noon. We are at about 16 degrees north and the sun is at about 19, so I guess that we are sailing into winter, though it certainly doesn’t seem like it.

All is well.