Back to St Lucia 13:57.9N 60:01.59W
Tioram 4
Tina & Tony
Mon 15 Feb 2010 23:39
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St Lucia Rodney Bay Marina and Marigot
Bay.
22nd Jan to 16th Feb.
The sail from Bequia to St Lucia was lovely. We sailed
north up the leeward side of St Vincent with a great warm breeze speeding along.
St Vincent is really pretty from the sea with steep sided mountains not unlike
the Pitons in St Lucia.
We saw a pod of Pilot whales about 6 or 7 just
basking on the surface with young. Tony made a quick call for course change as
we would have sadly ploughed straight into them.
Once we had changed course they seemed to hear us and
dived deep behind us.
We also saw another Hawksbill turtle on the
surface---comically stretching its neck as if to say---whose heading for me
!!
We saw the Pitons approx 3 hours before we neared
them---majestic in their steep glory and lush vegetation.
We arrived back in Rodney bay and after a 17 hour flight
delay due to pilot sickness , I flew home and sadly left Tony to see the
surveyors etc for the repairs to our bow after being hit by the 52m motor
yacht.
I returned on 7th Feb and met up with my old pal Ted,
whom I met on my first Atlantic crossing in 2004. We had a couple of nice days
together and with his fiancée Agnes from St Lucia.
We then headed down to Marigot bay to coincidently meet up
with a friend and work colleague of Tony's.
We moored to a buoy in the lovely bay and almost
immediately spotted Barry and Sylvia walking along the shore. We had a very
nice couple of days with them , enjoying their company and
their lovely hotel at Discovery bay . We also had a nice day sail together
up to Rodney bay for lunch and back.
Attached are some nice photos of Marigot
Bay,
Tomorrow we are sailing to Martinique to explore the
French Caribbean. Apparently Rastafarians who speak French is an
interesting combination.
The sail will take around 4 hours and we are both
really looking forward to moving North.
Love to all
Tina and Tony x x x
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