Dec. 13, 2008 - Pretty on top - decidedly odd below
Having reluctantly departed the Tobago Cays we set off for Canouan for the night which was probably a mistake as we rolled all night. Consequently it was off to Bequia at first light, were we stayed for the week. The photo shows the anchorage in Admiralty Bay. In the end we took up a mooring as all the areas we hooked easily into last year were completely bare of sand – just hard ‘anchor dragging’ coral. It seems that Hurricane Omar which missed the Island still produced a massive ground swell which has redistributed the sea bottom – apparently a lot of it ended up in the shore side bars!! However what a great week, the weather was perfect, with a cooling breeze which kept the wind generator going, bright blue skies and a really clear sea. We met up with several friends and in the process made several more. In the end most of us all went diving, hence the rather surreal photo of a large sponge impersonating the ‘scream’ (if you didn’t get it when you saw it!!).
More fish were captured on the way up, in this case a 10Lb Wahoo which is now filling the freezer despite giving some away and eating loads already.
As of writing we have now sailed up to St Lucia and are currently in Marigot bay for the weekend. We had a really great sail up in company with an American friend and as soon as we got in saw more acquaintances which resulted in a convivial evening in ‘Chateau Mygo’ the bar with the permanent happy hour. After our week in Bequia and last night we are going to hide and try to have a ‘quiet night on board’ after all we brought all these videos out with us and have hardly watched any. However if the past few weeks are any judge we will probably end up in our or someone else’s cockpit drinking rum and watching the sun go down.
Off to Rodney Bay just up the coast on Monday to get ready for coming home on the 19th. I will try to update the blog before then but if not happy Christmas to everyone if we don’t get to see you whilst we are back.
Larry and Fi
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