Christmas in Bequia

23^rd December to 27^th December

We had visited Bequia before in 2000 after Russ did the arc in 99.
Not much had changed and we quickly settled into the place. We were offered lobster for 20 ec per pound which is £5 per pound in the UK. They do not have the big claws like in the UK and seem to be more like crayfish. We did a deal to have a number delivered on Xmas day and a group of us had a beach BBQ. It was slightly dampened by a shower of rain which was lighter and less persistent than the one the day before.


We had a lovely day with intrepid bear, Gary and family on their charter boat, Morning Haze, Oohjah, Rafiki.

The next day we said goodbye to all as we went off to Tyrell Bay in Carriacou on our way to Grenada for the 27^th.

On the way to Carriacou we tried fishing and caught 2 fish- well one fish head and a whole fish. It seemed that whilst reeling in our first catch something bigger liked the look of it too and ate the rest. We were grateful that it did not get caught on the line as it was likely to be significantly bigger than our 8lb tuna. We managed to keep the whole of the second fish which fed us all very nicely for the next couple of days.

We had a brilliant 30 mile sail on both of the 2 days. It was downhill all the way, which would mean uphill on the way back, which would be a shame.

Tyrell Bay was a big bay with many live aboard that seemed to have arrived and never left. It was a good sheltered anchorage but with little opportunity to provision but opportunity to eat out. We left early the next morning, but all in all stopped off 3 times and had a good night at anchor on every occasion.

The Pitons

 

Fish number one - A baby great barracuda.

 

Christmas Day presents...