While Nancy, Adam and Ed rode ashore for coffee and to return a dinghy plug that didn't fit, Mark and I packed and readied the sail. Yes, we can do that all alone now! After pulling up the anchor for the last time, we motorsailed out of the bay and along the northern coast of Bequia for a while in order to tack and then catch a nice smooth sail directly in to the Blue Lagoon of St. Vincent. The wind has settled down to a more manageable 10-15 knots in the past few days which was more pleasant. We pulled in just shy of 11 am which meant we were able to dock the boat and complete our post-trip de-brief before lunchtime. Nancy graduated us all through ASA 104 and gave us our ASA logbooks. While we are very appreciative to have received this advanced certification, it is absolutely a fact that we would need a lot more time out on an actual boat before we could ever safely charter one on our own. I think my comfort level would be with shorter, more manageable sailing excursions. Thankfully Mark realizes this too and so we can continue our relationship now that an around the world sailing trip is off the table :)
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| Bequia |
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| Beautiful views of the northern coast |
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| Look Ma, no hands! |
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Mark setting up the GoPro! Thanks Bro!
After a bittersweet good-bye to Ed (he is off to Barbados to meet his wife for another week in paradise to celebrate their 20th anniversary! Congrats Ed and Mariah!), I finally got a real shower which felt amazing! Today feels somewhat like coming in from a longer backpacking trip where you feel accomplished and happy but so thankful for a shower and stable ground (ok, that part may just be about sailing). We sauntered down the road for some St. Vincent street food which was delicious tuna, swordfish, plantains, rice and more for a mere $10 total. Later we'll venture to the beach bar for a last drink with Nancy, our skipper!
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