Not much to report here as we only stayed for the night after a smooth uneventful sail from Bequia. After finding the ‘anchorage’ area we decided to jump on to one of the mooring buoys where according to the pilot book we may or may not be charged depending on who notices.
There were a few other boats around but they all appeared deserted and we quickly guessed the moorings belonged to the ‘Moorings’ charter company. Mooring went smooth enough despite the gusting winds of over 25kn until we lost the boat hook overboard. With Doris secure, Kat jumped overboard to retrieve it before freaking out as she realized she doesn’t like being in the water alone!
We had some food and cooled down before a boat boy appeared. We couldn’t stay on the mooring as they were private (as we’d guessed) and would have to come on to another buoy closer to the shore or anchor. Being lazy and a bit cheeky, I simply let the anchor go where we sat and then drifted back from the mooring buoy!
Later that evening the winds really began to howl around 30kn+ and I had to get out the warp to stop the chain almost ripping the bow roller off due to the shallow depth (3m).
I also took the precaution of locking ourselves in (for the first time ever) due to being the only yacht around and the worst (rape, murder, etc) crime reports occurring in similar circumstances. There was probably nothing to worry about but I been earlier reading the online crime reports for the Caribbean to pass the timefor and had obviously scared myself!
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