Ladies lunch on Bequia
Rum tour on Bequia
Another shot of the rum tour, in case you couldn't guess!
Sailors lunch in the Bequia hills!
Maria helping Steve steer the Friendship Rose between squalls
Dawn Corbett (Cat Tales) showing Steve where the flat flounder is hiding in the reef
Laurie Corbett (Cat Tales) warning the big ship to stay away from the reef?
S/Y Aspen – April 2, 2019 – Log #164
Aspen Position: 13 degrees 00’ N 061 degrees 14’ W
Bequia, St. Vincent/Grenadines, Caribbean
It is hard to believe nearly a month has gone by since we arrived in Sweet Bequia. Bequia is part of the Grenadines and belong to St. Vincent, another x-British country. While the mainland of St. Vincent is pretty “rough”, Bequia is a jewel in the Caribbean and very sailor friendly.
We took a ferry to the mainland of St. Vincent when our friend Brent Weigner of Wyoming arrived on a cruise ship to run a marathon with a group of other passengers and local runners. Watching him run up and down the old airport runway was intriguing, to say the least. At least Maria had a massage in a beautiful villa overlooking Indian Bay while we were there too, followed by KFC for lunch. Now those two things were a real treat!
Back on Bequia, we took a day trip on the locally built, 100 foot schooner, Friendship Rose with 18 of our sailor friends to the Tobago Cays. What a difference it made not to worry about squalls, running aground or hitting another vessel since we were all passengers. And we could drink as much rum as we wanted!
Then there are the rum tours, hikes to remote lookouts and beaches, ladies only lunches and just playing in the sea with sailor friends that help pass the tropical days in these little latitudes.
Three days ago the islanders on Bequia got their first whale in over two years. Bequia is one of the few places on the planet that is allowed to take a whale for food, since their heritage is whaling. The International Whaling Commission grants them four whales per year, but that number of whales is never taken.
When a whale is harpooned, just like in days of old, it is drug to shore where the local population strips the whale of everything and distributes all the meat to every family on the island. The whale provides much needed food for the island residents. The sight was very amazing as you can see by the picture on our blog.
Now that spring is here we will eventually sail further south toward Grenada, when the winds, seas and time is right and continue our exploration of the Windward Islands in the sun.
Sail on, sail on Aspen…
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