After a hearty breakfast, we dinghied into town to check out the sites and find a ride to the turtle sanctuary. The schooner Friendship Rose is supposedly the last Bequia schooner to be built using only hand tools. She was purchased by a British couple in 2004 and they started offering tourists day cruises to Mustique and Tobago Cays later… Read more →
A gentleman, officer, author, and scholar, it was an absolute treat to meet Sir James Mitchell, former Prime Minister of St. Vincent and the Grenadines on our maiden voyage to his country. We delighted in exchanging pleasantries and listening to his animated anecdotes about the three American presidents he worked with during his long tenure as P.M.. The boys were… Read more →
We made some last minute preparations, checked out of Saint Lucia, and then headed south for Soufrière. We had a beautiful sail down, anchored in Sugar Beach, and had time to go snorkeling for an hour or so before sunset. As the weather reports were favorable (light rain in the morning) for our sail to Bequia, Anna Marie and I… Read more →