Nevis, a smaller island south of St. Kitts and its sister island, was called "Nuestra Senora de las Nieves" by Christopher Columbus apparently after one of his favorite churches. With a population of 12,000 this green island, featuring an over 3,000 foot mountain (Nevis Peak), is quiet and picturesque. Though we intended to stay here for a couple of days before continuing our south-bound trip, we ended up mooring on Pinney's beach off Nevis capital, Charlestown, for 5 days because the weather continued to bring high waves and strong winds.
On our first day here we were visited by 2 other sail boat cruisers asking us about the weather. These were the first group of long-term sailors we have met. One was a British couple who had cruised for 6 years around the world with their kids prior to settling in New Zealand 12 years ago. They had sold their boat and not sailed since until a friend had asked them to come to watch their catamaran. The other couple was from Denmark and had sailed the Pacific about 6 years ago. They were now sailing the Atlantic Ocean to complete their life-long dream of sailing almost around the world. Sigrid and Ben started off in June of 2006 from Denmark, arriving to Antigua prior to Christmas. They are in a tight schedule to get to Panama by the end of March so that they can safely sail the Pacific to Australia before Cyclone season. We spent the next 8 days with them, hiking mountains and sailing down to Guadeloupe and Iles de Saintes.

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