Bequia, Marigot - photos added
Eowyn
Fri 18 Jan 2013 00:05
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Éowyn is presently in
Rodney Bay Marina in the North of St Lucia in position 14:04.449 N
60:57.013W
After leaving Petite
Martinique, we motorsailed to Clifton on Union Island to clear into SVG.
Clearance was easy and friendly at the airport, so we strolled into Clifton to
browse the colourful fruit stalls and small shops.
Before we left we had a drink
on Happy Island, a small but beautifully kept bar built by hand from conch
shells on the reef fringing Clifton by Rasta Jonti and his wife.
 The View from Happy
Island
 Graham with Jonti on Happy
Island
Late afternoon we sailed to
Chatham Bay for an overnight anchorage. We had planned to stay several days in
the Grenadines but there was a weather window to go North on Saturday 5th
January with very strong winds forecast for the following week. With this info,
we decided to cut short our visit in the Southern Grenadines and head to Bequia.
The sail up was a delightful and fast close reach, arriving at Bequia and
dropping the hook off Daffodil by mid afternoon. As usual Alan Reynolds was
there in his trimaran and we met several other cruisers including Lee &
Kirsty on Sadler 34, JonJon. I owned a Sadler 34 in 1984 myself, so
memories were rekindled as we sat in the very secure cockpit of
JonJon.
 Sunset in Bequia
Most of our time in Bequia was
spent scuba diving with Ron & Laury from Bequia Dive Adventures. They
provide a very personal service which suits our needs well. We had 8 great dives
despite the rough seas conditions and enjoyed every moment. We had our usual
lobster pizza at Mac's and again found our decision to sail was dominated by the
weather window on Saturday 12th. We departed at dawn and apart from a squall
North of St Vincent, had a good beat to St Lucia, making landfall with Jonjon at
the beautiful Pitons anchorage.
  The Dramatic Pitons & Eowyn in
Marigot Bay Marina
Our run of good luck of
maintenance had begun to run out, with 8 new issues developing that day! Most
were minor but the failed fridge looked expensive! We pulled into Marigot Bay
and after several hours of diagnosis I found a fault in the printed circuit
board. Henning schneider at the marina managed to fit us in between superyacht
maintenance and soldered it for me. Bob Hathaway, the marina manager, kindly got
me a replacement engine room blower from Rodney Bay. Most of the minor
issues were resolved so we were able to enjoy a superb dinner at our favourite
restaurant, the Rainforest Hideaway
Yesterday we came to Rodney
Bay where we plan to rent a car and become real tourists before flying home on
25th January for 2 months.
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