The trip up the coast of Martinique to St Pierre was calm and fairly interesting and we arrived in the amazing bay of St Pierre and anchored south of the main jetty. All the yachts were hugging the shore because of the considerable depth of the water. We were in 15 meters with 45 meters of chain laid out. When I went diving to check that the anchor was bedded in I could hardly see it due to depth a rather murky water. The sea bed here is light silty sand which is not good for holding.
St Pierre has a rather sad history. Back in 1902 there was a massive eruption of the nearby Mount Pelee. Extremely hot gasses (1000 degrees) swamped the town and bay and incinerated everything including all the ships at anchor. When you explore the town you can see relics of this catastrophe and if you like scuba diving the wrecks in the bay are interesting. These are clearly marked and cordoned off with marker buoys.
On one of the evenings we found a local beach bar and met another couple from a Hanse 545 called "QP". They had also just crossed the Atlantic with the Atlantic Odyssey. ( we had done the Islands Odyssey which stopped in Cape Verde).
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