We had a fantastic sail from Tobago Cays to Union Island with a quick stop in Bequia and then on to St Vincent & St Lucia.

The first place we went to in Union Island was Clifton. There is a really good kite surfing school there and a couple of nice shops and restaurants. We enjoyed buying fruit from the stalls and getting a quick WiFi fix in the restaurant Bougainvillea which is worth a visit. We did find that one night here to provision was enough.

A short sail to the west side of the Island and we arrived in Chatham Bay. Throughout the islands we had sailed through in the Caribbean, this was the first one where we didn’t feel harassed by boat boys. Although we were approached by one, he kept his distance until we were safely anchored and gave us some to to get organised. Usually this is not the case. When we were ready, he came up to the boat and offered to help with anything we may need and that we could find him in the beach restaurant when needed and would we like to come for a sundowner in the evening. His approach was so different to what we experienced in the past and we enjoyed a sundowner along with 2 other boats.

Our next stop was Salt Whistle Bay on Mayreau Island. This was a a nice stop over for the night but a very busy anchorage. It is worth spending a night or two at anchor here if you are passing.

From there we sailed up to Bequia and then onto St Vincent. We planned to spend the night in Wallilabou Bay where part of the Pirates of the Caribbean was filmed. We took a close look under motor and decided to carry on the the next bay called Chateubelair where we dropped anchor in quite a scenic location. A fisherman called John came past for a chat on his windsurfer board which he uses to get around the bay. We gave him a fishing reel and some additional fishing line, clothes and some food. A really pleasant person to meet. We also had a number of local children who wanted a coke or some biscuits. It didn’t take long before our biscuit stock was totally obliterated. As Nathan had grown out of some of his clothes, it was nice to be able to pass these onto the children here. Despite the above, we didn’t feel safe here which was the first time in the Caribbean that we had had this feeling. This was following a visit ashore and speaking to some of the locals. We cleared out of Customs and Immigration as soon as we could and opted to leave the anchorage in the early evening rather than spending another night there.

It was a nice sail to St Lucia where we picked up a mooring Buoy in La Soufriere. Here, a boat boy helped by passing our bow line through the mooring buoy which was a 2 minute job and wanted $35 US for helping us. I paid him $5US and he left in a huff as we also declined doing a shore tour with him. It was a relief when Albertini, a boat boy we met on our previous visit, arrived. He is well organised and very professional and arranged a brilliant island tour. The highlight being going to the worlds only active drive-through volcano. You literally drive along a road through sulphur pools steaming and bubbling furiously. Well worth a visit.

As it was my Mom and Dad’s Golden Wedding Anniversary, they wanted to go out to a nice restaurant and dad had found one in Marigot Bay which is a bit further north. Off we went and had a good sail and arrived in Marigot Bay where we picked up one of the last mooring buoy’s. If you are on a mooring buoy you also get use of the hotel facilities such as the pool, restaurants and WiFi. My Mom and Dad really treated us to a few incredible days here. The dinner in the restaurant was excellent and I couldn’t help but think we should be treating them not them treating us. Thank you so much mom and dad. We had an incredible time here and we were sorry to see you go.

My parents flew back home and we made our way to Rodney Bay to get fuel and prepare the boat for our sail to Martinique. Watch our next episode as we explore Martinique.

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