Shallow waters

At 4pm "Fatuhiva" and "Babette" have slipped their ropes and are leaving the Marina. On our way to the mooring buoys at the entrance to the channel at Riviere Salee. From red to green buoy we steam forward avoiding the shallows. We hoped. But not "Fatuhiva", twice touching bottom. She's exactly too deep for the moorings. So back to an anchorage at Pointe-a-Pitre for the night.

A spectacular fireworks-sunset fills the sky behind black silhouetted containers and cranes. As the sky turns ash-grey it's time to turn in for a short night, with the alarm set for 03:45am. Will we manage the not-so-straight and narrow path and avoid the shoals tomorrow?