The Pitons
Ile Jeudi
Bob and Lin Griffiths
Tue 16 Apr 2013 23:04
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13:50.45N 61:03.87W
Distance Run 10nm
Wednesday 17 April 2013
I cleared out of St Lucia at the customs office in
Marigot Bay and confirmed that we would be OK to visit Soufriere before finally
leaving St Lucia. We left under full sail and headed south towards
Soufriere. As we turned into the bay we put the sails away and 'The
Pitons' were in full view ahead:-
 And as we turned more to port the town of Soufriere
appeared in the distance. Lots of those clouds appeared over the hill tops
for the next few days carrying and then dumping a LOT of rain:-
 Don't just sit there, get on and tidy up some of
that string you've left lying around:-
 We tried to pick up a mooring in the north of the
bay near the 'Hummingbird' resort and restaurant because they were the most
sheltered but they were all taken so we headed south towards Petit Piton and
picked one up off the 'Harmony Restaurant'. The side of Petit Piton rises
almost vertically from the sea:-
 No other boats joined us in that remote corner of
the bay and as evening approached I felt it would be safer to moor nearer some
other yachts. Unfortunately we still couldn't get any of the 'Hummingbird'
moorings and settled for the far less enticing view of Soufriere. That
rainbow suggests rain which reached us a few moments after the photograph was
taken:-
 We did get a more distant but good view of Petit
Piton in the evening sun:-
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