OF CHARTERING We were underway at 0630 the next day for the 60-mile bash upwind to the Pitons. Up went the main and out went the jib. This cat screams with big wind 60 degrees or more off the nose, but wouldn’t sail higher than 45 degrees off the wind. We were becalmed behind St. Vincent, so on came the diesels and we motorsailed the remainder of the way. We never saw winds more than 45 degrees off the bow for the remainder of the trip to St Lucia, but we saw 28 knots and 10-foot-plus seas breaking over us. Our Pitons beer can labels provided a great navigation aid, as the Pitons themselves emerged from the sunny haze. The harbor was full and a boat boy tried to get us to double moor on one ball, running our line underneath another vessel. Instead, we went around Petit Piton into a harbor overlooking Soufriere and found a ball. We negotiated a water taxi ride with the ranger, who took us to and from Soufriere for a look at town and dinner at the Hummingbird. We awoke Saturday and realized our adventure was drawing to a close. By this
On their final night in the Windwards, the 'Tell Tales' crew got decked out in their 'party hardy' crew shirts — and sang the Bequia Blues.
time Tell Tales had acquired a long list of required maintenance actions. Time to bring her back to the barn. Little wind and a noon deadline had us motoring the final nine miles. After dealing with Customs, Immigration, and a Moorings debrief, we disembarked and loaded into Smiley’s
Sail Mexico Aboard the Schooner Seaward ~ Winter 2011
Answer the 'Call of the Sea' Adventure Voyages to Mexico's Sea of Cortez
van. Smiley helped us explore Castries for lunch and we toured the island vistas, finally spending the evening in Vieux Fort at the Hotel Kimatrai. This was our 'party hardy' crew shirt night. Abraham led us through his customary end-of-cruise song, this time a blues number: "I’ve got those Bequia Blues." I suppose that if we end a cruise adventure singing, we’ve ended it well. — marty tramm
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