Yesterday at 4:30 am we departed St. Vincent and were tossed around by giant waves in the high current at the northern tip of the island. After about an hour, the winds and waves settled down and we began to really enjoy the trip. By this time, we had many layers of salt on the boat and in the cockpit, always an unwelcomed addition. The wind was a little on our nose which caused us to sail into it as high as we could in order to make landfall on St. Lucia. Unfortunately, even this bad angle got worse and worse as we sailed along. We had to tack several times over the course of the day and finally dropped our anchor in Rodney Bay at 5:30, just as the sun was setting. We anchored right in front of "Peace and Plenty", owned by my sister Lorna and her husband Brian! We quickly cleaned up and dashed off to have snacks and wine with them and talked steady for about 3 hours!! We had a lot of catching up to do since they bought the boat and prepared it for the water.
This afternoon, we'll go to Pigeon Island for a walk and then have dinner at Jambe de Bois.
This documents the continuing adventures of Laurie and Dawn on their sailing vessel Cat Tales, a F.P. Tobago 35. The journey began in 2004. cattales35@gmail.com
