Heading North Again
Blue Sky's Voyage
George & Michael
Thu 6 Dec 2007 12:49
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Hello Friends
"14:28.1N 60:52.1W"
The Hurricane Season officially ended last
Friday as November came to a close and we're now free of our Hurricane Season
limitations (not North of St Lucia). Thankfully 2007 was a gentle year for
hurricanes.
We ended up with quite a party in Bequia: we
were initially anchored next to 'Kelp Fiction'. The following day 'Lucky
Dog' anchored nearby and a day or two later 'Esprit' came up from the Tobago
Cays. Swimming, snorkelling, afternoons on the beach and fun and noisy dinners
followed.
But after a while, we decided to head north
anyway and sailed up to Cumberland Bay on the W side of St Vincent.
Cumberland Bay is pretty rural and completely unspoilt as yet. There are a
handful of shacks which might be considered bars and cafes, though they are
really very basic. The pricing of fruit sold to the boat has not suffered the
effects of tourism and everything is good value as there is not a 'special
price' for the visitors.
This is Cumberland Bay from the overlooking
village to the North, Blue Sky is anchored alone on the right of the
bay.
 We were asked by one of the locals if we'd
help signwrite the front of his premises and always up for a laugh, we obliged -
pictures tell the story best...
   As we finished up on Sunday afternoon we
were contemplating the need for a fish logo to finish off the sign. George
persuaded a passer-by who just happened to be a trained artist and he
helped us with the logo. The rest of the afternoon passed in a
haze!
Other entertainments included the local
fishing fleet where again a photo best tells the story:
 (OK, I know the net has a gap
in it but it's a composite of two photos and the software didn't match it up
exactly.) Blue Sky is on right of pic. Sadly they did not appear to
catch very much despite their efforts.
After St Vincent we passed by St Lucia
fairly quickly, just stopping overnight in Rodney Bay before continuing on to
Martinique. We're now in the marina at Marin towards the S of Martinique where
we'll do a spot of boat cleaning and probably hire a car for sightseeing and
stocking up Blue Sky with our favourite French provisions.
That's it for now.
Best Wishes
George, Michael and James.
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