The wind continued to build yesterday and we had boat speeds of 8-10knots. The wind and waves today near Martinique were coming from the west which is quite unusual. Also there were squalls rolling through about every 30 minutes as we got close to Martinique. That made our destination, a bay which is normally calm and protected, exposed to the full waves and wind. Fortunately we found a little point of land to anchor behind as did several other boats.
After we anchored (my first time with this boat) we needed to clear in with customs. Another squall was rolling in so we jumped in the dinghy as it might be getting dark by time this squall was through. We motored around the little point and into the full onslaught of 20knot winds and 3-5 ft waves and went down to the town about a mile down the shore. A really dark squall line was almost on top of us as we reached the town jetty which was a bit challenging to climb up on since the dinghy was all over the place due to the wave action. We made it up successfully though and tied the dinghy with a little slack in the line so hopefully it would be bashed against the pier too badly.
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