Rodney Bay, St. Lucia

Saturday we set out to meet up with Lawrence and Lexie from Papillon who we’d met only briefly in La Rochelle when we were both collecting our new boats, though theirs was the largest in the range and ours the smallest. We’d been in email contact ever since, following their tales of their rapid tour of the Mediterranean, clocking over 9000 miles already since collecting their boat. We bumped into them in Scuttlebutts bar and joined them for lunch before going back to their boat for a few drinks and hear all about their travels. Lawrence had already become very popular with the various guys selling to the boats as he’d invited them all onboard to join their celebratory drinks the day before when they arrived and consequently they all kept turning up afterward to see if the free beer was still flowing. We saw the Pikorua crew as well as we passed who were slightly quieter today from the celebrations of yesterday and we left both boats to go for well earned celebratory dinners with their crews.


Lawrence buying some local souvenirs


Lawrence, Lexie & Kevin