Ste Anne bay
We are anchored in Ste Anne, but much closer to the dinghy dock than our initial spot. There is a regular pattern of departures and arrivals in this big, big bay; there are possibly 400 or 500 boats here on a sandy plateau of around 6m. Between 8am and 10am boats leave. At midday the large charter catamarans arrive and go straight to the front in impossibly small spaces, disgorge their guests for lunch, stay the night and leave early next day. Regular boats come in from mid afternoon and find their spot. Those who are already anchored move further forward between the early leavers and midday. That's what we did.
The Digicel coverage is good, not brilliant, but fast enough to watch the live UK broadcast of the first Formula 1 Grand Prix of the season. Our monthly date package is a generous 70 Go (I didn't know this before but French use GigaOctets rather than Gigabytes) and unlimited phone calls to Europe and the Caribbean.
The wind has calmed down and we were able to take the dinghy into Le Marin and not arrive looking like we swam there. On the list today are more parts that aren't in stock and a visit to the supermarket with it's own dinghy dock – so handy for provisioning.
Going home is a breeze when the wind is on your back.
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