Chatam Bay

April 9

Moondance and Sunshine II at anchor in Chatam Bay.

Chathum Bay is somewhat isolated, although there is a resort and several island bar-b-que stands (Not Texas Style) on the beach, all supplies must be brought in from the South side of the island. This trek is a couple of miles long on a dirt road/trail  over a 500 foot high hill requiring a four wheel drive vehicle to complete. The other option is to take a boat around the island.

Mayreau Island

April 8

Mayreau Island is a small picturesque island with exquisite views.

This small Catholic Church sits atop of a hill overlooking Tobago Cays.

The view from the church's back yard.

The Easter Regata

April 6

Easter weekend found us at the Bequia regatta, although we did not participate in the race events we did have a good viewing position to see the start / finish line and some of the participating vessels.

Skye' was crewed by some of our friends and commanded a respectful finish.

A Little Walk About in Bequia

Well, you may have noticed that I haven't been writing any blogs lately and maybe wondering why.  The answer is simply that we came home in early May and discovered that we had left a large amount of chores undone in our rush to leave last November.  Believe me there is still quite a few left to finish but the heat is getting pretty brutal and I'm trying to cool off in the house.  Soooo back to the Blog and dreaming of our return to the Caribbean.  Tim

March 29

While in Bequia a bunch of walked up to Fort Hamilton.

The view from the battery was quite spectacular and it is easy to see why the English would place it here to protect the harbour.

On the way back to our dinks we stopped at the "Beer Tree" to enjoy a few cold ones.

This became one of our favorite hang outs in Bequia.

Bequia Turtle Sanctuary March 26

On the island of Bequia there is a private turtle sanctuary who's mission is to improve  the survival rate of the sea turtles.

This turtle is an albino and has been in the sanctuary all of it's life about 15 years.  The staff told us that this turtle would not have survived in the wild as it's natural camouflage is missing.

These little guys are just a few months old.  They were picked up on the beach after they hatched.

They are then kept in tanks for approximatly five years to help insure there survival.

Bequia Whaling Station March 23



Bequia has a limited whaling season and allows the harvest of two sperm whales per year using traditional methods.  That is a small sail boat and a hand thrown harpoon.  Once the whale is killed it is towed to this little island where it is butchered and the meat is shared with the local population.

No whales were harvested last year or this year.  We did see, from quite a distance, one of the small sail boats chase a whale but they were not successful.

It appears that most of the animal is used in one form or another.  We saw vendor's selling whale teeth that had been decorated with scrimshaw.

Here is a picture of a bar,  surprisingly named "The Whale Bone" go figure, with a whale's rib as a main feature of the bar.

Babs and Her kayak March 20

 When Kim and Joe were leaving to return to England Babs bought a kayak from them to explore the shallow beach areas around the different islands.