Feb 2011.

Just had a great 2 weeks in the Grenadines again!

Busy Bequia, Music Festival weekend

Started off in Bequia at the annual BEQUIA MUSIC FEST! followed by some awesome 25 knot mornings in Union and Mayreau lit up on my 9m ENVY over the next week.
Mayreau had some great waves in early Feb and a good wind direction for the butter on the inside of Saltwhistle Bay.

Breakfast Stop, Union Is.

Seckie and Vanessa's, Chatham Bay Union Island, Worlds BEST BBQ LOBSTER

This last trip took us all the way down to Grenada, so along the way we stopped at one of my favourite nooks of the Windward Islands .... White Island, Saline Island and Cassada Rocks lie south of Carriacou home to many dangerous reefs, rocks and notorious for super strong currents but also a great little cruising ground that is still secluded, i imagine because of these hazzards.

Solitude

Not reccomended unless you are experience reef navigator and have some local knowledge. We spent an awesome couple of days here chillin out and surfing (the wind had left us for a couple of days) before making the 6 hour run down to Grenada.

Whales off Grenada coast

We were blessed with the company of 4 whales about 16-20ft long as we passed the west coast of Victoria on Grenada.
Now I am back in St Lucia getting CARLA ready to head up north this weekend on a 3 week trip looking for the sickest waves we can find in the Leeward Islands of St Martin / Barbuda / Antigua and Guadeloupe.
With good mates Ben Todd and Olly Clatworthy from www.kitesurfbeaches.com coming along and some repeat guests joining us from israel, I will keep the Log updated at least weekly over the next month as there should be plenty of pics and video. Stay Tuned...................................

Week in Union and Mayreau

We arrived in St Lucia, after a 3 day sail from Venezuela on the 30th of december with 2 days to spare before our first grenadines trip of the season with Jeremy and Judy from New York,
Getting away from the dock on the evening of the 1st we had rolly motor down island and were greeted with a couple of very light wind days .... the surf gods did however throw some nice waves our way, with a small N ground swell hitting a bunch of nice reefs around the islands we managed to get out there (some of us with the catcus and urchin in feet) and snag a few good ones.
After a few days the wind has filled in and we got settled in one of my favourite empty bays, with glassy flat water ... the kind that the only ripple is your own wake when you ride through it!!!! 3 days of cranking (especially in the mornings)

East to South East winds made for some great riding, a buddy pete sailed over for a morning session and we were joined in the bay by some other boats with kiters each day ... until last year i very very rarely saw other boats with kiters in this bay.
The second to last night we sailed around the corner for some of Seckie and Vanessa's world famous lobster BBQ in their restaurant right on the beach in Chatham Bay on union, always a great time with the best tasting freshest lobster in the world and some punchy rum punch to mellow the sore muscles from days of kiting.

Our last day the forecast did not dissapoint and we had perfect SE 20-24 knots firing in.
Carl on the boat was pulling some massive air with his 13m Diabolo, attached by his harness to a 400' fixed line anchored to a piling on shore ..... something you really gotta see, not too keen for a whirl myself though having rescued his kite the day before after his chicken loop snapped in half from the massive forces. check out the pic of his air over the land!
Was hard to pack up and leave the bay for a sail overnight to st lucia where J and J were flying out from.
Now i am back on the dock catching up on varnish and maintenance before the next trip south on Jan. 23rd..