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Yvette and Darcy sail overnight from Martinique to Dominica's Portsmouth anchorage on the northwest coast, hitting 50-knot gusts and two-metre beam seas from unforecast squalls.0:05 They anchor rather than take a mooring ball, dive on the anchor to confirm set, and complete a two-step customs and immigration check-in at separate offices in town.8:30 Portsmouth's Indian River tour costs 20 EC per person and requires a licensed guide; their guide Titus explains the island's Kalinago name Waitikubuli and points out the location used for filming Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest.9:53 A rented car takes them to a rainforest waterfall hike — roughly 30 minutes in, well-maintained trail, strong flow after heavy rain — and then to a series of natural hot-spring pools ranging from warm to near-scalding, with a cold creek for cooling off and a mud bath on site.21:50 Darcy gets his first professional haircut in 20 years at a Portsmouth barbershop.6:18 Both hosts describe Dominica as an overlooked Caribbean destination and plan to continue to Guadeloupe the following week.35:15

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