st lucia to bequia

Sadly we left dominica and headed to martinique. as we approaching martinique we decided that we could make St lucia. Long day of sailing but we made into Rodney Bay in St Lucia. we anchored in the bay and the next morning after clearing into customs we headed into the marina for a day of luxury. we dehumidified the boat. We got some provisions and fuel in rodney bay marine also some marine supplies. the people were nice. we went out to dinner and the next morn we watched as chrisitian get in a taxi headed to the airport. sad to see him go but he was most anxious to get home. we had a great time while he was with us and he got to experience ocean sailing and how the weather controls your life. all in all i think was a good visit. we then left the marina back out to the bay so we could leave early next morn.

we headed out to bequia at 5 the next morning and had a sail with all the different features, rain, sun, squalls, calm. we saw pilot whales. they were feeding right in front of the boat and then resurfaced in our wake. that was pretty cool. a pod of the little spotted dolphins swam with us for about 15 minutes so that was a great distraction from the conditions in which we were traveling. they were calling for a 7 foot swell with a 5 - 6 foot chop. the swell rarely was 7 feet. more like 10 - 12 even with our new lures we did not even get a bite on the fishing lines. all that we caught was seaweed. yuk. i was so hoping for a mahi.

Was fantastic to come into bequia as one white tree and zero to cruising were both here and happy to see us. check out zerotocruising,com and read the post called reunion. after a little of putting the boat back together and kirk left for customs, i swam over to one white tree and then diana and I swam to zero to cruising. we had a reunion while treading water.

last night we had pot luck here with guitars like no other. Ross, Diana, Kirk and Michael all had guitars. We had brought a guitar all the way from norfolk virginia and were happy to see how happy Mike was to get his guitar. Ross can really sing so was a music filled night.

the water here is beautiful. clear as can be. another island of paradise. they have all been so beautiful. pictures coming next.

it is nice to be in a place for a period of time. we got some boat chores done which is nice cause then the boat feels like home rather than a vehicle to get from place to place.