Well this is it. Saying goodbye to St. Vincent and the Grenadines today after nearly 3 weeks. Lucked out when Christy paid the rest of our hotel bill – they told us today is a National Holiday (Hero’s Day) and the ferry only runs at 6:30 am! We would have had to hire a speed…

Ho hum, another perfect day in SVG. Tiresome really. We had ideas of going to do another walk/explore to the north side of the island but gradually those fade away as we read, work, relax. In the afternoon we decide to hire Thaddeus the cab driver to take us out there. I have a 3:00…

I shaved. I have wanted to do it for ages but the clincher came when Audrey said it aged me. Don’t need any help with that. To give you an idea of how weak and scraggly it was, Christy didn’t even notice for a few hours. Sunny again today. Yesterday was (so far) the first…

We’ve decided to climb Mt. Peggy today, or Ma Peggy as it is known. Officially it is Mt. Diamond on the map just under 900 feet. It looks higher than Mt. Taboi on Union but ain’t – Union has it by 100 feet. Maybe it just seems bigger since we have to walk all the…

This is a chill day. We have no plans other than to maybe get some groceries and above all, take it easy. There is a French Press coffee maker and we kept the leftover espresso coffee from Willow Dew. That and the oatmeal concoction we prepared in Huntsville is all I need this morning. I’ve…

It’s our last day with the Lunds and Greg/Laura. Beautiful morning and the wind has dropped considerably. Nice workout and splash in the clear waters of the bay. We move out on the usual schedule – it’s about 15 or 16 miles to Bequia and not much wind so we don’t expect to make great…

Another perfect morning in SVG. Today we’re visiting an island Christy and I skipped last week – Mayreau. Its a short sail from Bad Luck Bay to a very nice cove called Salt Whistle Bay on the northern end of the small Island by a somewhat recently abandoned beach resort – probably within the last…

Like every day, I’m up first doing my exercises on the back of the boat. Great way to start the day – quick swim after and Laura has the coffee ready to go when I’m done. She and Greg also drink coffee and the 3 of us often sit on the fly bridge early in…

Another beautiful day in SVG. The wind has slowed a bit since last week but still great sailing. The Pura Vida has a beautiful fly bridge where all 6 of us can sit in the shade and enjoy the ride. Auto pilot and electric winches makes Greg’s job much easier – we help as much…

Yes, we are going back to Bequia! We have arranged a taxi to the ferry with Phyllis, the 46 year veteran local female taxi phenom. From there we will meet Heather and Dave Lund at the ferry dock and on to another week of sailing! Christy actually met Dave, Heather, their Captain Greg, his sister-in-law…