Lots of travelling

When we got our weather window to Bequia we grabbed it and ran. The weather has been more unsettled all winter and good weather windows are short. So we try to be prepared to cut a visit to an island short in favour of a good day to sail south as time is getting short. We had some lovely days in Bequia with good snorkelling off the boat and no shortage of good places to eat. I managed to stretch my birthday week a bit farther with the BLT....being bacon,lobster and tomato at a favourite restaurant. From there we moved south to Frigate Rock. It is a small island off Union Island part of St Vincent and the Grenadines. We were two of 8 boats in the little bay. It was a lovely calm bay and good snorkelling there too. We dinghyed into town and made our way to this mountain to climb for some promised spectacular views. Although it was a mighty climb and we got off the path more than once and the bramble bushes were crazy we were not disappointed. All of us were minimally scratched and bleeding at the end. 

 The start of the climb. 

The mountain.

 Our anchorage by Frigate rock. 

 A marina had been started but abandoned in 1999. The amount of dredging required would have been wild. 

 Yes I made it with a smile on my face. 

 We both did. 

 The village of Ashton. Our dinghy is at that dock. A hawk took flight just below us and soared away. So this is a hawk's eye view.

 A sweet specimen at the dock. 

 A crazy snorkelled by. ....me.

After a couple nights there we sailed just a few miles south to Petite Martinique ( part of Grenada) and Petite St Vincent (part of St Vincent). The two islands are very close with a large channel separating them with a large reef closing the gap. Our GPS is dying a slow death as the screen becomes smaller and darker and we had to rely on our iPad with its charts. Thank goodness for redundancy. The reefs in this area are really amazing and new places for us to explore. 

Here we are between the islands in about 12 feet of water. But the current was very strong and not much to see except white sand. Brian did see a ray swim by as we were ready to anchor. 

 And of course another hike. We pretty much walked all around Petite Martinique. We found a great lunch spot and pre-ordered and when we finished the hike lunch was ready for us with cold beers. 

 The kind of grass you see is actually kind of slick and a bit slippery. No accidents though!

 Almost to the top. 

 View from part way up. 

 Coming down on a good road. 

 You can see our boats from here! 

We have moved onto Carricou another small island of Grenada. We will stay here until Monday probably and then make the last sail south and begin our work list in earnest. We are half heartedly doing a few things. We haul out on April 18 and fly on the 20th. So most of our work will be done in the water.  I have managed to find a cold this week and broke out a bag of throat lozenges from our first season's provisioning. A bit out of date but still work.