Got pretty far behind with this. As I am writing this, it is now May 24th and I’m sitting in my office at the cottage. We spent the last week in Grenada getting the boat ready to leave for 7 months. We eventually find a break in the heavy winds and take down the foresail.…

We’re up early and off and sailing for the east side of Grenada and the approximately 8 hour sail down to Mt. Hartman Bay. Andre and Claire wave good bye and we set up in fair winds. They didn’t realize you could check into Grenada at Prickly Bay until we told them so perhaps we…

We poke around the boat during the morning. The wind should calm a bit by noon making for an easy sail to Chatham Bay, about 4 hours away. We leave about noon and put up sails in the lee of Bequia. We’re cautious as big winds have been happening all week but we will gradually…

Lots of boats coming and going around us. But it still is not terribly busy. The locals say it is quiet and many of the restaurants/bars aren’t open before 6 pm. In the morning I go for a swim along Princess Margaret Beach while Christy sows a bit. Back on board we try to mount…

We’re up very early and ready to go at first light. Don’t want to leave in the dark so dawn is fine and it’s a fair haul to Bequia. Sometimes we forget how long it takes to traverse half the length of even a small island like St. Lucia. Takes at least two hours of…

We’ve been watching the Windy forecast all week and trying to arrange our crossings for when the winds are bearable. Today the winds are scheduled to settle a bit so we plan to depart Le Marin around noon for the 4-6 hour trip back to St. Lucia. We’ll rest overnight in Marigot Bay then go…

I barely slept with the anchor bridle banging against the bow rollers and the boat swinging and jerking in the wild wind. Up a few times in the night to check things out. I finally get up about 4:30 am as there is no point in trying to sleep. Christy gets up eventually and we’re…

In the morning we head over to Le Marin where we expect it to be calmer. Wrong. We find a space to anchor in the always crowded bay but I don’t like it much. Still, the wind is not so bad at this time of day so we head into town. We find the dinghy…

This day is not terribly notable except for a couple small things. It was very windy overnight and very gusty. The gusts must be blowing 40 kts or better. We don’t think too much of it, don’t check the weather as we’re just going to motor around to Le Marin. Well, it’s hooping out around…

We’ve decided to try and repair our sorry bimini today. We can salvage some patch material, some 3M glue and some thread and needle to try and fix it. Otherwise it is just going to rip to shreds and besides, it’s noisy as hell in the wind. First, I go to check in with C&I.…