April 20, 2011

We had to send our clothes and sheets to the laundry. It had been more than 2 weeks.

Charlie changed the oil in the generator and discovered he did not have enough on the boat to refill it. Back to shore to try to find oil for the generator. I tried to find a wifi spot and finally could get on at the marina sitting outside but only for 2 hours. Our laundry arrived back to the marina just after 5:00. We were shocked by the cost...$54.00 for probably 3 loads of laundry! We ended up eating on the boat that evening.

April 21, 2011

We departed Basseterre heading for the southern part of St. Kitts which was supposed to have several nice beaches with protected coves. The first stop was White House Bay where we found mostly a stones instead of sand. There was a dinghy dock built by Christopher Development who plan to build a marina and luxury resort in the area of a big salt pond. Not much besides the dock has been done to date. We went to the "beach" with our umbrella for about 2 hours. I waded and did a bit of snorkeling. Several other boats joined us during the day. Onewas a lovely yawl wooden sailboat . As they were busy putting away their sails, their small wooden dinghy wandered away. Charlie got into our dinghy and retrieved it for them for which he received a bottle of Mount Gay Eclipse rum. Another boat which arrived mid afternoon was named the Maltese Falcon. It was probably 140 feet long with 3 mechanized masts with mechanized square-rigged sails. It had two tenders with it. several other mono and catamarans were also anchored there overnight.

April 22, 2011

We went to another anchorage the next day taking only 1 hour to arrive at Major's bay. The ferry from Nevis goes back and forth daily several times from this bay. There was a nice broad sandy beach here and the anchorage had grass in which we had trouble anchoring, but finally prevailed. We were the only boat there. We took the dinghy to the next bay : Banana and Cockleshell Bay where there were two big beach bars. We went to the one with a dinghy dock: Reggae Beach Bar. There were many there due to a cruise boat being in Basseterre. They rented chairs and umbrellas. One could get hair braiding and massages on site. We had lunch and spent the afternoon, meeting some interesting folks. We went back to our boat before dark.

April 23, 2011

We sailed this morning to Nevis and picked up a mooring near the ferry dock. The wind made picking it up difficult. We checked in at Customs and Port Authority before noon as they close early on Saturday. We walked a bit around Charlestown, to a bank for money and the Methodist church to see when Easter services were, but there were no signs at all on it. We found the Nevis Bakery and Charlie stopped in at an internet place while I sought the grocery stores. I went to the one in the cruising guide but it wasn't very good so I stopped by another one where there seemed to be more people: Best Buy who even took credit cards. We also bought fresh watermelon off the back of a SUV along the street. Charlie was so hungry that we ate at a small snack bar at the ferry dock. Back to the boat to unload groceries and they we took the dinghy up the beach to a beach bar with wifi: "Double Deuce". Compared to the Four Seasons a bit further up the beach, it looks worn out, but it does have free wifi and we didn't have to go further away from out boat. Tomorrow we can pick up a mooring further north if we want. I never did find out when the Easter services are even asking numerous persons in town.