Admiralty Bay, Bequia
Austins' Travels
Chris & Lynn Austin
Thu 19 Jan 2012 13:57
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13:00.639N 61:14.653W
The sail from St Lucia to Bequia took eight
and a half hours and more than half of this is between the islands so we
experienced uninterrupted Atlantic swells , so was the first test of Oliver’s
seasickness. We chose a relatively good weather for this trip but this still
means 15-20 knots gusting to 25 knots and 1-1.5 metre swells. Oliver did very
well – he didn’t complain at all, even after his fifth session of vomiting!!
Lynn felt pretty bad so spent most of the lying in the bunk next to
Oliver. Wendy wasn’t sick but spent 2 hours asleep as she was tired. Chris and
Shaun enjoyed a fairly straightforward sail, when Shaun wasn’t tending to Oliver
or playing with him whilst Lynn groaned next to him. There were great views of
the Pitons and rain squalls over St Lucia as they disappeared behind us and St
Vincent very gradually grew larger. We then sailed down the sheltered east coast
of St Vincent before another shorter one hour inter-island crossing with not too
much swell (but another bout of vomiting from Oliver) to Bequia.
Everyone was relieved when we entered the bay
at Bequia and tied to a mooring buoy as the holding for the anchor is a bit
variable and we wanted an easy and to the day. This was a good choice as there
were a few squalls overnight and a couple of nearby yachts dragged their
anchors. After checking in to customs and immigration at about 1800, and getting
an ice cream as a reward for Oliver being so brave, we were soon back aboard for
dinner and an early night.
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