True Colours - Bequia

Bequia

True Colours

James Scrimshaw

Sat 31 Jan 2015 15:50

Great trip from Marigot Bay to Bequia. Left at 06.15, arrived Beguia 15.00. Trip log read 61.1 Nm. Opposite the Pitons there were literally thousands of flying fish, just small ones. Two birds joined us and had a good breakfast. One flying fish landed on the deck, and Rosemary took pity and threw it back; its wings were the size of penny pieces, and thin like gossamer. They manage to fly for up to 50m, just skimming the surface.
We saw winds from 4 to 22 kn, motored some of the way, but sailed most, under full sail. James enjoyed the last few miles, close reaching in 15kn, with waves on the quarter giving some surfing if you caught them right; max boat speed on the log 9.3kn.
We arrived and were met by "Blue Sky" (Dennis) who took us to a mooring. We both had a swim, and then are eating on shore.
Will post some pictures.

Blog Entries

2015

May 2015

Thu 14 May 07:13
- End of the adventure

Apr 2015

Sat 25 Apr 20:45
- Chilling out
Wed 15 Apr 22:26
- Day trip to the USA

Mar 2015

Sat 28 Mar 23:50
- Antigua
- The Saintes
Thu 19 Mar 23:52
- Portsmouth to Roseau
Wed 18 Mar 00:23
- Deshaises to Portsmouth
Sun 15 Mar 15:09
- Jolly to Deshaises
Fri 13 Mar 11:30
- Rolly to Jolly
Mon 9 Mar 16:17
- (no subject)

Feb 2015

Sat 28 Feb 21:47
- Back to Falmouth
Wed 25 Feb 16:47
- Falmouth
Tue 17 Feb 19:35
- St Lucia to Antigua
Thu 12 Feb 18:37
- Tobago Cays
Sat 7 Feb 16:29
- back to Bequia
- Carriacou
Wed 4 Feb 19:41
- Bequia

Jan 2015

Sat 31 Jan 15:50
- Bequia
Tue 27 Jan 11:26
- (no subject)
Sat 24 Jan 20:51
- Dominica, Martinique and St Lucia
Sun 18 Jan 14:07
- Portsmouth, Dominica
Tue 13 Jan 16:28
- The Saintes come rolling in
Sun 11 Jan 16:29
- Off to Guadaloupe
Thu 1 Jan 18:14
- Christmas and New Year in English Harbour

2014

Dec 2014

Sat 20 Dec 16:43
- Nevis, St Kitts and back to Antigua - chasing Scrimshaw shadows
Sat 13 Dec 21:04
- (no subject)
- Nevis
Mon 8 Dec 14:53
- (no subject)
- On the move again

Nov 2014

Tue 25 Nov 23:49
- Back in the water

Sep 2014

Mon 22 Sep 20:15
- Preparations underway

Apr 2014

Mar 2014

Wed 26 Mar 12:28
- St Vincent - Bequia
Sun 23 Mar 23:31
- St Lucia - The Pitons
Thu 20 Mar 12:49
- St Lucia - Marigot
Wed 19 Mar 01:09
- Rodney Bay break - and no such thing as a free lunch (in this case glasses repair)
Fri 14 Mar 13:19
- St Lucia
- Martinique
Tue 11 Mar 00:19
- Dominica (part 2)
Sun 9 Mar 12:29
- Dominica - Roseau (Part 1)
Tue 4 Mar 14:26
- Dominica
Sat 1 Mar 23:17
- Dominica

Feb 2014

Fri 28 Feb 13:42
- The Saintes
Tue 25 Feb 01:09
- Guadeloupe to The Saintes
Thu 20 Feb 15:02
- Wet and Windy Deshaises - drama in the night
Wed 19 Feb 15:23
- Deshaises, Guadeloupe
Sun 16 Feb 17:56
- Waiting for water
Wed 12 Feb 12:07
- Still in Antigua
Tue 4 Feb 00:02
- Sunday 2nd February - Antigua

Jan 2014

Fri 31 Jan 11:02
- Thursday 30th Jan - Nevis
- Tuesday 28 Jan - St Barts
Tue 28 Jan 11:48
- Last day at St Maarten?
Fri 24 Jan 12:04
- St Maarten
Mon 20 Jan 20:17
Sun 12 Jan 14:43
- Idyll or not?
Tue 7 Jan 23:18
- Relaxing in Antigua
Wed 1 Jan 18:10
- Happy New Year

2013

Dec 2013

Fri 27 Dec 22:27
- Still in Antigua
Tue 24 Dec 23:58
- Xmas Eve in Antigua
Mon 23 Dec 21:04
- Antigua arrival
Wed 18 Dec 17:51
- St Lucia at last
Mon 16 Dec 21:29
- Another case of beer
Sun 15 Dec 20:47
- Ready for St Lucia
Sat 14 Dec 21:36
- Uncomfortable Day
Fri 13 Dec 21:21
- Gybe towards port
Thu 12 Dec 22:42
- waves and butter
- Yesterday's repeated
Tue 10 Dec 18:52
- Oh Yes
Mon 9 Dec 18:43
- The wind returns
Sun 8 Dec 18:05
- Happy Together (Clue)
Sat 7 Dec 18:24
- Not much to report
Fri 6 Dec 17:33
- Roast Beef
Thu 5 Dec 17:24
- Westward Ho
Wed 4 Dec 15:29
- Symmetric Sailing
Tue 3 Dec 17:17
- Off Again
Mon 2 Dec 19:59
- Ready to go again
- At rest.

Nov 2013

Sat 30 Nov 11:32
- testing conditions.
Fri 29 Nov 11:03
- A tale of two fishes
Thu 28 Nov 16:53
- We think we may have seen a ripple!!!
Wed 27 Nov 20:18
- Wizard Wednesday
- Management of reources
Tue 26 Nov 19:07
- The one that got away
- Progress
Mon 25 Nov 09:43
- First Night Blues
Sun 24 Nov 11:59
- Final Countdown
Fri 22 Nov 13:29
- Waiting
Thu 21 Nov 09:08
- Thursday Update
Tue 19 Nov 09:45
- Tuesday Update
Thu 14 Nov 19:12
- Safety Checks and crew.
Sat 9 Nov 14:38
- back on board

Sep 2013

Mon 9 Sep 17:01
- Return Tomorrow
Tue 3 Sep 20:34
Mon 2 Sep 17:16
- Progress and frustration
- Another Sunny Morning
Sun 1 Sep 08:27
- Calling the laylines

Aug 2013

Sat 31 Aug 17:55
- Positive Progress
- painful progress
Fri 30 Aug 12:29
- The perfect day... almost!
- A lovely night
Thu 29 Aug 16:49
Wed 28 Aug 14:29
- High winds and heavy seas
Tue 27 Aug 14:32
- Nearing Portugal
Mon 26 Aug 18:55
Sun 25 Aug 10:16
- Goodbye Roscoff. Hello Gran Canaria.
Sat 24 Aug 17:17
Wed 21 Aug 22:04
- Last Minute things
Tue 20 Aug 13:52
- Sitting in the sun
Mon 19 Aug 17:33
- Busy day!
- Preparing to leave

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