On Tuesday morning we sailed along west coast of Bequia towards north. The coast was wild and rugged.
On the north point there was a strong current, coming against the wind, and the waves were very steep and short, water looked as it was boiling.
We sailed towards south east, to see the islands of Battowia and Baliceaux. They are uninhabited and none of the sailors we met were ever there. That alone would be the reason enough for us to go there :-)
This is Battowia with Black rock in front of it.
This is the Landing bay on Baliceaux ...
... where Captain landed with dinghy. On the top of the slope he found some buildings, some goats and cows, couple of land tortoises and couple of fishermen. Fishermen use the island occasionally for resting between fishing in the area, which is supposed to be full of fish.
The bay was very rolly, not suitable for the night, so after lunch and bathing we sailed on to Canouan for the night. And guess what - it was rolly there to....
Shortly before arriving there we caught a beautiful dorado (or mahi mahi, as they call it here). The whole thing was not so dramatic as the story with marlin, but it was still hard enough to get the fish onto the boat and clean it with dinghy on our bathing platform. The fish was big enough to last us for the whole week and we were looking forward to fish soup, fish curry, filets with butter and lime.....
Next day we sailed on to Tobago Cays. It is a marine park and it looks really beautiful, especially the color of the water.
First we anchored north of a small island of Baradel, where there is a beach protected for turtles to lay their eggs. There were many many turtles swimming in the water, and it was a joy to see at least one place in the Windwards (southern part of Caribbean) where there were so many. We were used to seeing many turtles in Leewards (northern part), but south of Martinique we saw none. And then we learned in Bequia, that turtles are not protected here, they are trying to ban the catching of them in months from May to July, when turtles mate and lay their egg, to at least ensure reproduction. So I looked at the turtles in Tobago Cays with mixed feelings - on one hand happy that there were so many, and on another sad, that this is the only protected area in Windwards.
For the night we moved to south west side of Baradel, in hope to get a peaceful night. Well, somehow the roll stil got to the anchorage, over all those reefs....
The south west anchorage at Baradel
There were a lot of seagulls around, and they were fishing around our boat - big school of small fish tried to hide under our boat, but tunas were attacking from below and chased them out in the open, where the seagulls were already waiting....
This is the island of Jamesby, we went there by dinghy to snorkel.
But already on land there were a lot of birds......
.... and if you look closely - on top side of the photo there is an iguana.
Next day we sailed by Jamesby and through the reefs....
.... to Petit Saint Vincent.
This is the anchorage on the southern side, almost just as pretty as Tobago Cays....
We stayed there for the night. Island is a private resort, so we didn't go on sore. Next day we snorkeled and relaxed and in the evening moved to northern side of the island.
Around the coast there were many places for the guests to relax in the shade....
The northern side of the island is just as pretty as southern, and we had a great view of the sunset. The umbrella is not floating in the sea...
... it is placed on sandy patch on the way to Union Island.
Where we sailed next morning. Clifton is a village on the south side, it's pretty and colorful. I liked the fruit stalls the most...
We did some shopping, made good use of Internet and stayed the night. On Sunday it was time to sail towards north again.
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