On the road again

It is 9 o’clock on Tuesday, March 15 and we are since 6 o’clock on our way to Bequia, we will skip St. Vincent, it is everywhere very deep, hard to anchor, and it seems the boat boys are rather aggressive.

It is going very good, not very much wind so we motor sail (is fine with me) and the seas are quiet enough for me to write on the computer. We moored last night between the Pitons, was really cool, we only looked a few times if there was not coming any smoke from the tops, both are volcanoes, and I did two snorkel trips.

A few miles out of the anchorage we saw a big school of dolphins (yeah!!!!!), they were much smaller than in Florida, but there were a lot more. We also are keeping an eye out for whales, it seems to be there mating season and they are on the road (that’s what the books tell me).

We still going good although the seas are getting a little rougher, but that is always the case between the islands, you have swells, waves and the current and they will not always come from the same direction.

It is now 12.30 and we are since an hour under the coast of St. Vincent, we have dropped the mainsail, because it was completely covering the fore sail, the waves and wind nicely from the back. Going to make some crackers with cheese, we have still some way to go.

It’s 2 o’clock now and we are sailing away from the main island, course Bequia, the mainsail is up again and it is starting to get bumpy. Until now we are very happy, St. Vincent looks very pretty from the waterside, so I think we should make a stop here next season.

At 3.10 we dropped the anchor in Admiralty Bay and a half hour later we sipped our arrival drinks. The last hour was a little heavy, but overall we had a very good trip. We will be in bed early tonight with a satisfying feeling.

Talk to you all soon, Ria