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Misto - April 5-11 2019: Tobago Cays, Mustique and St Lucia



We spent a very bumpy day and night at Tobago Cays. It really is a most beautiful spot where you can anchor behind the reef with nothing else between your boat and Africa, but on this occasion it was not comfortable. In the company of Anita and Steve from Timshel we dinghied to the beach, had a picnic lunch and snorkeled in the turtle area. However visibility was not very clear as the waves were disturbing the sand. After a very uncomfortable night we departed early for Mustique, however with the angle of the wind we ended up putting into Canuan for a few hours hoping that the afternoon wind would swing around a little and ease. In the afternoon, with two reefs in, we managed to sail over to Mustique.

Mustique is a private island made famous by Princess Margaret in the 1960’s and 70’s. Now it is a haven for the newly rich and famous or those who can afford the very high weekly rentals. We enjoyed a short taxi tour of the island, Sunday night Jazz at Basil’s Bar and dinner at the aptly named View restaurant. Ros also went horse riding in the sea. It was a relaxing change from the other Caribbean islands and when we are back in this area we will certainly try to go to Mustique for the annual Blues and Jazz festival held at the end of January each year.

After our three days on Mustique we sailed overnight to St Lucia, going directly to Marigot Bay. We took the route to Windward of St Vincent and had a great sail, arriving earlier than expected due to favorable current between St Vincent and St Lucia. On arrival we saw that our dinghy, that we thought was temporarily repaired, was leaking again and fortunately we have been able to get it repaired here in Marigot Bay. Last night was a great party here to celebrate our arrival.

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