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My trip between the Saintes and Dominica was a bit windy with pretyy consistent winds between 15 and 20 knots. Sea conditions were pretty good and I never saw much rain or squalls until I got closer to Dominica. I decided to go all the way to Roseau sice the wind had gone down once i was in the lee of Dominica along with my stress level, so onward ho. Huge dark clouds hung over Dominica and every 30 minutes a system would go over me with rain and some wind. I started seeing a lot of things in the water that at 1st I thought were fishing buoys but on closer inspection i realized it was garbage. every 100 feet I passed floating garbage bags bottle etc... etc.. I guess that may have been in part due to the hurricanes and the lack of infrastructure. It seemed like the entire Island was dumping their garbage in the ocean.I arrived in Roseau at 1500 hours and was greeted by a local who helped e get secured to a mooring and collect the fee. Roseau is a rough looking spot and I was a bit concerned about being on the boat here, but whatever there were a few other sailboats close by and I kept the mood lights on all night etc.. with no worries. Roseau is the capital of Dominica and it was evident that they were in rebuild mode as a result of the devastation from the Hurricane. They had difficult working conditions with rain every 30 minutes on the dot. The town was down and out before the hurricane but is much worse now, I didn't go ashore and would have been uncomfortable leaving the boat unattended. The following morning I was ready to head for Martinique.
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