Christmas in Bequia

Well, the plan has changed (again!) and we've decided to stay in Bequia for Christmas. I knew that Ron had fallen in love with the place and it came as no surprise to him when he realised I was smitten too!

We had two wonderful sails from St Lucia, one of 48 miles to Wallilabou Bay on St Vincent - 15-20 kts on the beam, Zahara was skipping along at 5 to 7 knots and we saw a pod of dolphins, albeit at a distance. The other sail was a shorter hop from Wallilabou (where they filmed Pirates of the Caribbean) to Bequia, almost a carbon copy of the first.

Lots of boats have converged on Bequia for Christmas from range of nationalities (Scandinavians aplenty, Canadians, Americans, French, Dutch, Germans and of course British boats) including some ARC boats and the atmosphere is relaxed, laid back but cosmopolitan!

We've had a busy few days for one reason or another. The day before last we had some fun and games anchoring the boat having decided to move to the northern side of the bay and ended up returning to where we started......I have to say that anchoring 6 times in four hours is hard work! Anyway, we are happily settled in the anchorage off Princess Margaret beach and looking forward to a traditional Christmas dinner on Christmas Day.