Forget anything negative I said about the French – check this out. So cool. And so very, very French – adventurers, daredevils, crazy spirits.
There we were, just around the corner from Marin, Martinique, on a hot windless day. We left Marin to go somewhere we could swim, but after snorkelling for an hour we came out covered in rash. It seems the seaweed floating on the surface was stinging, or else harboured some stinging organism. There are several suspects, and we do the usual dousing in vinegar, crazy scratching, dreading a sleepless night ahead.
And then this thing appears out of thin air. That’s the dinghy I want.
They circle us several times, the kids shouting ‘Bonjour, bonjour!’. And then disappear back around the corner.
I hope they had a soft landing.
SV Bob The Cat 