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We like Bequia and so we are having Dinner at Devils Table and coffee at Gingerbread. Fresh Baguette is delivered to the boat in the morning and the water looks nice. It has been raining a few times but only short showers. And i have a short haircut again Life is good!

LinoCat has done 10000 nautical miles yesterday just in front of St Lucia. We had planned to moor at the pitons but all moorings were already occupied and so we directly sailed through the night to Bequia.

Here some pictures taken a while ago from aboard Vanora. LinoCat left Tyrrel Bay 3 days ago and we then sailed to Bequia. The wind angle was always around 40 to 45 degrees so about the max which we can sail. Due to the strong winds we had a reef in the mainsail and still were doing more than 9 knots from time to time. Nice new antifouling! In Bequia we just took it easy, went to Doris for some shopping and left it the next morning after getting fresh and warm Baguette delivered to our boat. The passage to St Vincent was Ok but from St Vincent to St Lucia it was rough with a loft of changes in windspeed and direction and some unpleasant waves. It is said to be calming down in the next days and that would be nice for Andi, Anja and their girls. I filled up the gas tank for the Dinghyand we did some more shopping for food (Like 24 cans of Piton beer). Tomorrow morning we will head for Martinique. If you want to read more in german and see some pictures check out Vanors blog: http://bluewa...

Yesterday evening in Bequia: We all had a relaxed evening on board Vanora. Tina had prepared pizza and Peter was baking it to perfection. THANKS A LOT! We chatted until around 22.30 and then went back to the boat

We left after checking out with customs and immigration and after Ute and Mathias had one more snorkel trip. The wind has died down but is still coming from good directions and so we sailed to St Vincent and are now motorsailing along St Vincent coast. I guess we can again sail in the channel from St Vincent to St Lucia. LinoCat might reach the anchorage around 0100 in the morning. In Bequia we fileld up all water tanks since in St Lucia they still have dramatic probles with water.... And thanks to Dr. Hahn for noticing that all pictures taken with the Nikon D700 were dated 2008 :-) I now changed the date on the Nikon.

You can even order your food now for boat delivery over the VHF radio. Cool stuff or to much tourist stuff? I don´t know yet. Anyway we do not have to order there since we will be on the VANORA for a sundowner and a PIZZA! YUMMY Typical Vanora feeling! It is nice to have them around again.

After the midday siesta we went to Gingerbread for a coffee. Lani and Chris had fun during the Dinghy ride. With 4 people we were really slow. We had banana and other cakes, Cappucino and Latte and then a nice walk through the village. Mathias and myself chatted with an ex mate on an Oil tanker while the girls went shopping :-) Also we got new fishing lures for higher speed. They are also supposed to swim deeper. The brand is Yozuri which we used succesful already before but we lost all of them during the atlantic crossing. On the way back we stopped at "Bagalut" with Walter and Brigitte and they gave us a warm welcome like always with drinks and snacks and so we sat there together with Ralf until the sun was down. Now we will chill on the boat and let´s see if we go to the live music at Jacks beach bar later...

Bequia Panorama picture. The small dots in the left part are Mathias and Ute. In the dinghy on the way to the beach. And again Mathias and Ute swimming in the water. Not to many other people in the water :-)

The Gunboat 66 Gazelle leaving Rodney Bay anchorage. What a beautiful boat. After an uneventful week in Rodney bay (besides Bettina birthday and the meatballs :-) ) we headed south to Vieux Fort to pick up Mathias and Ute. It was a rough and unpleasant ride. We had swell from the north in the beginning and later from south and the wind coming from front with up to 31knots. We reached Vieux Fort and met with Ralf from La Medianoche and went to the airport. After Mathias and Ute arrived and Inge left us we decided that Joern, a sailor from Hamburg is taking them to LinoCat since Ralf and myself wanted to clear out of customs and immigration. After around 30 minutes we then took a taxi to the harbor and when we headed in the dark towars our boats we saw a small dinghy rowing through the night. YES, it was Ute and Mathias in Joerns boat plus the guest of Joern and luggage in a small rubber boat. Ralf towed them to LinoCat and we had a drink and went to bed. The next morning, after breakfa...

We called Gideons Taxi service on VHF 68 and ordered a Taxi for 7 people from 10 to 12. Liz, John and Joanna from Jalan-Jalan joined us and we went to Mt Pleasant, the highest point of the island and to an old Fort and also to a turtle sanctuary. This is admirality bay where we also anchored. This is the open Jeep we had as a taxi. Due to the wind it was very pleasant to drive. View over the atlantic side.

Since we have many Lani fans, here are pictures from yesterday and today. She was swimming and had a really spicy sausage. But she liked it! She is talking a lot and the favorite word is "NO NO NO", which is sometimes a bit stressful. After us having a nap together we will now go ashore and have an icecream and coffee. The wind is hauling today with more than 20knots and tomorrow morning we might leave for Petit St Vincent to meet VANORA and LA MEDI ANOCHE.

After Michael and Lani had an afternoon nap, they went for a swim. Lani also made a new friend in Bequia, a local girl. But als we met some old friends, Niklas and the Esperumeru are here in Bequia and so we will meet them tomorrow. Tonight there is a chicken BBQ meeting with the Momo and Heimkehr crew in a local restaurant.

We have cleared in (175EC Dollar; if you divide by 4 you get UR) and had a first swim. The water is clear and 28 Celcius. Lani is enjoying the grandparents and life is good.

We were to late for Wallilabou and so we directly went for Bequia. LinoCat dropped anchor at 22.45. The trip itself was easy and we met Dreamcatcher again with Jochen and Claudia. We passed each other between St Lucia and St Vincent. It was already 1 hour dark after a beautifoul sunset when we reached Wallilabou. This is one of the spots where they have filmed "Pirates of the Caribbean" with Johnny Depp. Quickly we decided to directly go to Bequia. Weather was a bit rainy today.

This is directly after the start of the kite. We then tied the kite to the Dinghy and we managed to DUMP THE CAMERA into the water. YEAH. But when we dived for it we saw three stingrays so after all it was not to bad. This is the sign of Doris´ shop where you can get almost everything. And this is the shop itself.