Our 80 mile trip to St. Martin wasn't too bad, but we have been spoiled to this point. The wind and waves were mostly on the nose, so there were only a few attempts to sail. We arrived without incident in Marigot Bay and checked in on the French side without any problems. After 6 weeks there (see text) and well into hurricane season, we sailed straight to Dominica. After checking in, we decided that we were still 'wired' enough to keep going to St. Lucia. So another overnight sail got us to St. Lucia. We pulled into Rodney Bay and immediately heard from our cruising friends that that was not the best place to stay, safety-wise. We stayed anyway for two days and had no trouble. The next overnight got us to Prickley Bay on the South side of Grenada. These night sails would have been more enjoyable if we could see the waves. We had decent wind and waves on the beam. At 12 knots rolling sideways over the waves was a little disconcerting. We ended up slowing the boat down a bit to feel more comfortable. If we had made these runs during the day, we probably could have got the boat to 14 to 15 knots... We ran into more friends from Luperon and spent a week with them and repairing the mainsail. After loading up with $2.00/gallon fuel from a yacht that had a 1000 gallons to unload (we didn't get too much since we knew what was to come). The trip to Margarita was supposed to be down wind with following seas, but the wind shifted to come from the Southeast and we still had it on the beam. We made 11 to 12 knots for most of the trip. We loved Margarita, meeting Jamie there and enjoying the cruisers that we met. The anchorage was exposed to the South and Southwest, but this time of year we didn't have any trouble. We filled up at the fuel dock twice. The first load of jerry jugs (50 gallons) cost us 13 cents a gallon. The next trip 30 gallons cost 8 cents. I figured out the the cost is based on how easy it was to make change. It looked like all change was given in even 1000 bolivares (40 cents) or maybe 5000 bolivares bills... The next trip (to Bahia Redonda in Puerto la Cruz) was started at 4:00AM in order to travel most of the way in daylight. We had heard of piracy along the Venezuelan coast, but there wasn't a sign of anything but fisherman. It was another nice trip with an early afternoon arrival at Bahia Redonda. We are safe from the hurricanes now and have been relaxing for a bit. The next leg will be to Tortuga, Los Roques, Islas Aves and Bonaire. From there we will head back East to Margarita/Grenada/Eastern Caribbean.