Pirates of the Carribean 13.14N 61.16W
Salsa af Stavsnas
Ellinor Ristoff Staffan Ehde
Sat 29 Dec 2012 13:51
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How silly it may sound, we are at scene of where
some of the Disney film was shot.
After a rought night where we had to leave the buoy
at about 3 am and seek a place for anchoring, and then leave that place 0600 am
because it is a fishing spot, we cleared out of St Lucia (first customs then
immigration, and it takes time!)
So we left the magnificent Pitons behind us and set
off across to St Vincent aiming for Bequia.
The crossing was hard on our guests, we hade side
waves and a good wind but by the time we came to St Vincent we decided to make
the trip shorter and went for Wallilabou. A most beautiful and dramatic scenery
that obviously suited the filmmakers as well.
When starting the engine to move in, it started
soon to get overheated! This is getting almost boring! So we stopped outside the
bay and while I was taking things apart we had some local guys in a boat trying
to have us give them a line so they could tow us. They where really keen and
took not a no for an answer. The pump works great, the impeller worked, I dived
under, nothing in the way, filter clear etc. Put it all back again, started and
it all worked fine. Came in got the last mooring, cleared customs (that takes
about an hour), everybody on board was swimming in the christal clear water that
has a temperature of a 32 degrees C. In the evening Gustaf offered to
buy us dinner in a small restaurant just by the water so we took the dinghy
25meters ashore and got a lovely dinner. Slept wonderfully and now the rest of
the gang is on a walk to check a waterfall nearby. I have taken the heat
exchanger apart to check if there is any problem and there was a lot of chalk or
what it is called in english.
When that was done I took the kayak for a ride in
this great bay. There is an arch of stone that is like the one in Paris but made
by nature.
Probably we will move towards Bequia soon after
lunch. We will see....
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