Port Elizabeth, Bequia

Port Elizabeth, Bequia is a delightful little ocean side town. The community seems to welcome the cruising community with easy access facilities for garbage, water, and fuel. There is a sidewalk that skirts the bay with gentle waves lapping at the sand beach on one side and interesting boutiques, restaurants, shops and accommodation on the other side. This is the beach front in front of where we are anchored about 100 feet from shore.

Our trip down from the Tobago Cays was fairly uneventful. The winds were between 22 and 28 knots on the nose, so again we did a lot of tacking with 62 sea miles sailed to make 24 land miles. Again, Jenessa put out her fishing line, though this time she had it out for at least 4 hours. As we got close to Bequia, she again announced she had a fish. This one was quite a bit smaller than the last one. When she flipped it into the dinghy, it became apparent she had caught a barracuda. They say small barracuda are good eating fish and this one was about 18 inches, but after a bit of discussion, it was decided that she wanted to let this one go.

We have been doing laundry in a bucket for almost three weeks and today we decided we would splurge and have our laundry done. To use the laundry facilities is $20.00 E.C. ($8.00 C per load) or the service will pick up the laundry from the boat and deliver it back for $25.00 E.C.($10.00 C). This one was an easy choice for me.
This picutre of the yellow skiff is of the laundry pickup and delivery boat.

We have again met up with another family that we met in the Tobago Cays from Comox, B.C. Their boat is called “TEMBO” from their children’s favourite story. Interestingly enough their children are doing NIDES as well, so this gave us lots in common. They have been on their boat for more than a year and were planning on being back to Comox this coming August, but are now thinking about going an additional year.

We plan to stay here for about a week and a half and then head up to St. Lucia to meet our good friends, Fred, Kendra, Dylan & Justine from Sidney, B.C.