January 2010
6 posts
Return home
We had a 4 hour delay at the airport in St. Lucia because of the snow in London. We flew to Gatwick and it was an over night flight. They had a choice of about 50 movies and TV programs. But I couldn’t help feeling how strange it would be getting home and couldn’t imagine it either. The thought of home after all this time. It was crazy.
We got to Gatwick 8 hours later. It was -4 degrees. And we...
St. Lucia
This was my last sail going from Bequia to St. Lucia. I just could not believe that I would be going home in a week. It was great fun and we had lots of wind and some big swells. But the boat ploughed on through them. Unfortunately I forgot to take sea sick pills, and ended up chucking up twice. It was annoying to think that I had pretty much been being sick all the way. At one point whilst I was...
Bequia
We had a very nice sail over from Barbados. As we left in the evening it meant normal watches and arrive there at about 9 am. On my watch that night it was very starry and clear as I watched Barbados disappear into the night. There were a few big container ships around but all were heading for land. Then looking around with the night vision scope I spotted another ship. It was hard to tell which...