Down island, and back up (Part 2)

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We dropped off our guests in Marigot Bay and quickly turned the boat around for our next charter that started 48 hours later. The itinerary for that trip was more familiar to us, but we hadn't been down island last year so we were very happy to have a chance to sail the Grenadines again.

The Pitons, St Lucia
Our first night was spent anchored in between the spectacular Pitons, on the South end of St Lucia. The next day was a long sail past St Vincent to Bequia, our first stop in the Grenadines. As we approached Admiralty Bay, we noticed a small dinghy jumping on the waves towards us, with a man wearing a harness and a camera taking pictures of us. He came by the boat the next morning and our guests decided to purchase the photos.


From Bequia we sailed on to Mustique, spent a few days in the postcard-perfect setting of the Tobago Cays, snorkeled the reef around the deserted Sandy Island, and finally dropped off our guests in St Georges, Grenada.

A few hours after the guests departure we left Grenada and sailed back up to the BVIs - a total of 420 nm that we sailed in less than 42 hours, a perfect passage for Tilly Mint on her best point of sail! An exhausted but happy crew pulled into Nanny Cay at sunrise on Monday, where we are now getting the boat ready for our next charter around the Virgin Islands.

Sailing past St Croix at over 12 knots!

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