On Friday a brief 1hr trip to the West took us to Ste.Annes, a lovely small holiday town. Typically French with boulangerie, etc etc we explored the coastal path with Danny & Sally before returning for the obligatory beers. Today we moved across the bay to and around to Grande Anse d` Arlett, which has now calmed down after initially being very gusty, allowing us all to have a swim.
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We moved on up to Martinique today. An 18-20 kt wind pushed us along into the NE swell and into Marin, a large sheltered bay with hundreds of yachts at anchor.
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Love to you both. It looks fabulous.
Ger
Ger
After leaving Soufrierre and anchoring in Rodney Bay we treated ourselves to a few days in the marina to be able to sit still and do a few jobs without bouncing around. Whilst there we had a brilliant Indian meal at Razmataz with our friends Jenny and Glen from the yacht Wandering Star. Yesterday ( Sunday ) we moved out and anchored off Pigeon Island where the Brits had a fort to keep out the French during their battles over the Caribbean Islands, ideally sited overlooking Martinique to the north. We did the morning climb up to the fort today and had a good look round the ruined garrison. The Picture shows Betsy and Wandering Star peacefully at anchor just off the beach Check out the new St Lucia Album
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We left Bequia at 06.30 on Monday. The crossing from Bequia to St Vincent was pretty rough with more wind than forecast ( mental note listen to forecast and double wind strength ). After a quiet trip up the leeward coast of St Vincent we entered the anticipated wind acceleration zone at the top of the island, it wasn`t too bad and we waited for the wind and waves to decrease as we moved further north towards St Lucia..........well they didnt, they got worse and it rained, eventually it all got calmer as we approached St Lucia, all bar one last downpour and wind gust before we eased up beneath the massive Pitons to a mooring at Soufierre. This morning we did a tour to the volcano, which is still active and took in a mud bath ( brilliant ) in a hot pool before going on to the beautiful gardens and waterfall at Diamond Falls. It rained all morning but we thoroughly enjoyed our trip out. This afternoon we thought we would take a gentle cruise up the leeward side of St Lucia to Rodney Bay at the northern end.........wrong, you guessed 20-30kt winds on the nose and heavy rain... what is going on. Entered Rodney Bay in 25kt winds wishing we had stayed in Soufierre only to anchor in 10kt winds which apart from a few gusts has remained fairly constant ever since Heard from fiends we met there is a great curry restaurant in town so its on our `must do` list Hope to add some photos soon once we get wi-fi access
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Tomorrow we head up to St Lucia which is a 10-11 hr trip so we plan to leave at 1st light, 6pm, the winds have been lighter for the last couple of days so hopefully we will have an uneventful trip. Hope to be moored near to the iconic Pitons about 1700hrs.
The picture shows Princess Margarets Beach where we are anchored
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Its been a while since the last blog but we finally gave up on Grenada, the wind and rain showers beat us in the end. After going round to Hog Island, enduring massive waves and numerous reefs to get there, we had a not bad if basic BBQ with live music ( not pan ) and were chatting to an Irish couple who had been out here for about 12 years.
20 to 30 kt winds get a bit tedious after a while so on Monday we cleared out of Grenada and worked our way back up here to Bequia (Friday) via an overnight stop at Tobago Cays for 1 last visit ( very windy so still didnt get out to the main reef) Now settled in a calm spot so with luck get a good nights sleep. Need to study the weather to see if we can get up to St Lucia in the next few days which is a supposed hard trip!
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