Bequia and Carriacou

St. Vincent is an island more like Dominica. Intensely green and not very developed. It also goes straight up from the sea and so the anchorages are reportedly difficult. Therefore, we by-passed it and headed straight to Bequia. Bequia has an active whaling station and locals whalers can take four whales a year (although it was noted that some years they do not get any). This reminded us of a certain B&B in Ocean Park, WA!

Wonder if there is a message here???

El Capitan!

I think this might be the most up-hill road of all of them.

When we left Bequia we sailed by the Tobago Cays and other Southern Grenadine Islands. Most are either privately owned, or a part of the National Park and uninhabited. All beautiful, although we were hit by a series of squalls during the sail and sometimes visibility was limited.

We anchored at Tyrell Bay, Carriacou next to this establishment. Carriacou is part of Grenada so we cleared customs here. This island is sparsely populated and has a long history of boatbuilding. It also has Simon, the boat vendor with wine. He had a good Chilean Merlot featured the day we arrived, so I bought a bottle. Like many other islands, one hurricane or another has touched it through the years. This area was devastated by Hurrican Lenny but is springing back to life.