We have been in Bequia since Dec 6 th and it would be nice to move on. But!!! The Christmas winds have been wild. We are still on a mooring ball paying by the day, Cat Tales is on two anchors next to us and boats around us anchor and drag and re anchor all the time. Yesterday a band of squalls passed through with wind gusts of 28+ knots. My hair looks frightening and we are all quite tired of this. But it doesn't look like any reprieve soon. Dennis and Arlene on Tiger Lilly 11 are due in today from Carriacou Just a few hours to the south of us. He is a retired weather man from Toronto and offers a weather net on the SSB radio in the morning. He said they got beaten up pretty badly yesterday so sit and wait is his opinion. Sunday or Monday look like our best days to travel. We would like to be somewhere with more friends for Christmas (Rodney Bay) but we'll be grateful for the friends we have wherever we are.
All the work is completed even the dinghy davits are installed. We now will figure out the best way to attach it for easy lifting and take off the motor for open sea travel. With the new canvas it is a little more in our way on the stern. We have decided Bequia is a great place to get work done .....just not so busy.
Brian and FixMan2 installing the davits.
We have enjoyed Dawn and Laurie's company and had a great walk to a beach bar yesterday. We have been using our BBQ and having evening get togethers. We get pretty wet in the dinghy with the waves and these winds. It doesn't make you want to go far especially at night.
A little spirit of the islands just as we were about to post this blog. Cheryl the owner of the Fig Tree is dancing and waving as a party boat is passing by booming out the tunes. Live advertising!
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