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The Friendship
Rose
Everyone living on Bequia knows the
Friendship Rose, an eighty foot schooner weighing
eighty tons with a six cylinder CAT engine. Every adult brought up on the island
has a story to tell about her and so do many people on St Vincent. Three
brothers built her by hand from local wood on Friendship Bay between 1963 and
1967. When she was finished, one of the brothers - Calvin Lewis was her captain.
After she was launched, Friendship Rose was a mail boat for The Grenadines, a
cargo boat and then a ferry, running people and goods between Bequia and St
Vincent. She only stopped when steel Norwegian ferries were imported to service
the nine mile crossing. Her fate was uncertain until she was renovated and
restyled as a pleasure cruiser, running day trips for visitors around The
Grenadines. Although she was sold to an Englishman, she is still sailed
completely by hand and still skippered by the octogenarian Captain Lewis, the
only one of the three brothers still alive.
Our
Cruise Itinerary
8:00am
Join
the Schooner, welcomed onboard by Captain and Crew
Coffee & breakfast
served as you sail by Moonhole (sad to see this gem
now boarded up) and the Western Isles Of Bequia
See Friendship Bay where this
classic schooner was hand built
Enjoy the voyage past Isle de Quatre with excellent on board
service
10:00am
Arrive
in Britannia Bay, Mustique
Enjoy champagne on
arrival
Take a full island tour
Explore colourful boutiques and world
famous bars (Basil's - own blog)
Relax on beautiful white sand
beaches
1:00pm
Lunch
served on the shaded deck
Relax in a hammock under billowing sails
Have a relaxing afternoon swim from the
boat
Snorkel the reef (not the best we have ever done, but saw a few bits and
bobs)
2:30pm
Set
sail for Bequia
Watch for dolphins and turtles from the bow sprit
Take afternoon tea and cake or enjoy the
sundowners
5:30pm
Arrive
in Bequia
ALL IN ALL A FABULOUS DAY
A STUNNING DAY, LOVELY TO SAIL ON A CLASSIC
SCHOONER
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