Off to Dominica

The wind has been blowing East 15-25kn for 4 months. Part way down Martinique is switches to North West? What’s going wrong?

Initially we motored back winded as it was only 5 kn but as it started to pick up we went on the other tack. Now the boat is only stored such that provisions can take a starboard tack as there should be no port tack going north. It could be that we won’t see the floorboards again for a while if we heel.

But ahead in the distance is a line of white water. The mountains are causing the 180 deg shift and in 5 miles we are back to normal with 20kn Easterly.

We passed Millport II going the opposite way to Grenada and the ABC before Panama. We wish them luck.

And on to Dominica….