Cruising World - June 2018

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algretoute is a spectacular anchorage just below one of two dramatic
volcanic peaks, the Pitons, on St. Lucia. Cruisers are quickly greeted
by locals in small skiffs, anxious to retrieve mooring balls and help take lines
ashore from your stern — the best setup, due to stray trade-wind chop that
wraps in from the windward side. Historically, St. Lucia was batted between
France and England more than a dozen times, which left an interesting cul-
ture, including a French-based Creole language (I quickly learned a new local
phrase: We a bon — “We’re all good, thanks”). The town of Soufrière is nearby,
where you’ll fi nd stores for provisioning. For a real experience of the island,
go by local bus to the Soufrière sulfur springs, which I highly recommended
as the ultimate way to de-stress after a long ocean crossing. —Tor Johnson

The picturesque anchorage at Malgretoute offers mooring balls and a

walking trail into Soufrière.

TOR JOHNSON