Sailing into St. Vincent’s from St. Lucia might have been one of Dale’s top three “sails” – enough winds to give him some excitement and waves that didn’t make me to anxious – so overall probably a 9+ if we had to rate it! The jib was full and the main sail giving stability…. a 36 nautical mile sail… averaging 7 kts… so pure bliss for the Capt’n! One of the highlights on the sail was having a huge dolphin and I mean huge … swimming right along side of us for sometime…. heaven on earth!
Leaving St. Lucia and the Pitons
We had to go to customs and immigration when we arrived - we chose Wallailabou Bay. A gorgeous little bay that was made famous by Johnny Depp – Pirates of the Caribbean was filmed here – the resutarant and some of the stage set is still there – but other than that it was about as sedate as one can imagine – tucked away from mankind – there were only 3 boats moored there – BUT at least 15 “boat boys” wanting to give aid, sell jewelry, fruit, veggies,bread – you name it – they got it - after the initial 45 minutes they calmed down and so did we…. we rested, ate and slept like babies!!
Boat Boys rowing past Companion
The Blue Lagoon was our next stop – a great “little hole” … we ended up spending two night on a mooring ball and the next three nights at the marina - we both needed a break – nice to get on and off the boat at will, grocery shop, fresh water swimming pool, Companion got a fresh water bath with bubbles and use the internet – that was really a treat for me – the internet reached the boat, so wedding planning and communicating was so easy - I could get it whenever I wanted…
View from the outer rail at the marina eatery....
Dale enjoying the sunset view...
We bid farewell to the marina and headed to Bequia ……
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