Many people skip St. Vincent as there is chatter on the cruisers forums that the Boat Boys hassle you, and there is a problem with theft. We did spend the night in St. Vincent to break up the sail, and found everyone in Chateaubelair. quite nice.  Upon reflection, I would probably have spend a few days on St. Vincent and skipped Bequia. I know all the cruisers rave about Bequia, but for Blair and I, we didn't find it that charming. Plus we were anchored of Lower Beach and after a couple of days the boat rolling was driving me bonkers. 

While sailing along the coast of St. Vincent, we had a young fisherman approach us, asking if we wanted to buy lobster. I wanted to support a local fisherman, and I didn't know that the season was over. He sold us 6 lobsters and 1 was so small we ended up throwing it back. Now I had to figure out how to process these live lobsters, and we had 5 , so it was dinner on Silver Moon! Jenni came over in the afternoon to help and give me moral support. After multiple youtubes, this is what we came up with. 1st. put the lobster in the freezer for 4 to 5 minutes, This will make them sleepy. Here is the video showing how I prepared the lobsters in the most humane way. 

I had nice hikes both the Jenni and Karen. It was nice to catch up with the gals, have some hiking time, and chat without our skippers. We did have a lovely night out with Gilli and Tally Ho at the Treetop Bar.

Blair decided to fill up our tank with disel as there was a delivering boat. For some reason he wasn't able to put disel in the tank at the same rate he normally does. We still got the fuel in, but it took much longer. This wasn't an urgent issue, but Blair was bored, so he decided to tackle it and take the entire saloon apart to figure out what was going on. This is what happens when Blair gets bored.

It turns out we had a kink in the airvent hose. The way it's designed, the airvent comes up and has to make 180 turn, in a narrow spot above the saloon settee. Blair fixed it, by putting 2 ninety degree turns in and using a new vent hose. 

On the way to Canouan we had quite the spicy ride with 42 knots of Wind and 11 knots of boat speed. Our normal boat speed is about 5 knots. There was no danger, but Blair needed to take over the helm, as the autopilot couldn't handle the forces. Notice the frothy seas in the background. 

Blair isn't snorkling right now, as he can't see very well. He has fog in one of his cataracts. We stopped off to Tobago Caye, so I could go snorkeling. I wasn't terribly impressed. I know lots of people love Tobago Caye, but I found that each boat has different experiences of what is a great place to visit and what is ho hum. We stopped for a few hours. I saw a few small turtles and no rays. We had the BBQ lunch, but for $100 USD for a few hours, it was over priced for the experience. 

The next stop was Chatham Bay on Union Island. The winds were to pick up over the next few days, so this west facing bay looked a great place to hang out. After setting our anchor with a local guy. (We didn't need the help, but we wanted to support the locals who need our cruisers support after Hurricane Beryl). Chatham Bay isn't very popular, so it was perfect for us. We went to the local beach BBQ, and were even able to check out from the tiny Italian Resort.

I popped in for a snorkle, as soon as the anchor was set. Right under the boat there was a spotted Eagle Ray.  I was thrilled to FINALLY see Eagle Rays several more times over the next few days. Definately the Eagle Rays were the highlight of the time there. I was able to start using my gopro editing app to edit my underwater videos. 

Why I loved Chatham Bay.

• Great Anchorage on the north when there are big winds
• No rolling (Flat water)
• Not many boats
• Clean (No trash)
• Quiet, no roosters, or loud music late into the night or barking dogs
• Beautiful Clear Water.
• You can check out of The Grenadines if you have your sailclear #. (Details on No Foreign Land)
• And best of all Eagle Rays