Leaving St Lucia we didn’t get off until 11am because of having to clear customs and a stop at the fuel dock. We intended to stay in south St Lucia overnight but once we got there the anchorage was really rolly so we decided to press on to St Vincent, 3 hours away.
Arriving at 6pm there was only one other boat in the anchorage. We discovered why quite quickly. There are alerts for crime on all of these islands but this was the first time we actually felt uncomfortable. So much so that we pulled in everything off the outside, started up the generator and a/c and locked the boat down for the evening.
Young boys and men were on paddle boards and row boats and wanted to hang on our boat and sell us things or take us on tours. We told everyone we were only there overnight but no one wanted to take no for an answer. So we moved on first thing in the morning and headed to Bequia.
Bequia is a jewel. We pulled into Admiralty Bay and dropped anchor amid all the sail boats. Lots of restaurants, craft stalls, laundries and friendly people. Boats go around each day selling, water, ice, fuel and the laundries pick up and deliver to your boat.
There are water taxis if you don’t want to mess with a dinghy and a floating bar a couple hundred yards away. This really is too easy!
We’re now in the “off season” and some of the restaurants and services are closed or have limited hours. There still seems to be plenty of boats so it will be interesting to see how busy it gets on our return trip in December.
We spent a couple days cleaning the last of the algae and most of the barnacles off the underside of the boat. It’s a never ending process but the new bottom paint does seem to slow down the accumulation.
It was a lazy week but we ended it by having a dinner party on board which forced me to clean the inside, not my favorite thing to do.
