Guadeloupe - Good for Repairs

Created by sue. Last modified on 2009-01-23 15:35:53
Countries: Guadeloupe

(posted 23 January 2009)

We are now in Guadeloupe to fix a few things on our yacht. We are glad to be here (Marina Bas Du Fort) as everyone is friendly and helpful, the tradesmen are knowledgable and arrive on time.

I can recommend Caraibe Greement for the free help. He came on board to see about the problem with our furler, made 2 bolts to fit provisionally and ordered the original parts from Selden.

Incidence Voilerie (sailmaker) fixed the rip in our genoa in 2 hours for 30 Euros!

Volvo Penta people found the problem (no-one could tell me what it was before) and fixed it.

It might not be the cheapest place for repairs, but much better then going to Trinidad and getting ripped off by customs, immigration and trades people.

Cheers
Daniel
SY REA