Rodney Bay

We are in Bequia, St Vincent and the Grenadines, getting ready to move on to Grenada.

I found some pictures from Rodney Bay St Lucia, so I thought I would get caught up…

We don’t normally hang out in marinas because we prefer to anchor out, plus they are expensive and we’re on a budget. However, during our travels we have discovered a marina chain, IGY Marinas, that are fairly inexpensive and cater to the full spectrum of boaters from the biggest mega yachts to cruisers on a budget. While we still stayed at anchor, there is an IGY marina in Rodney Bay that pulled us in almost every night. We went to happy hour at Bosun’s or the Bread Basket, they had excellent happy hour specials with a great view! And after checking out of St Lucia (customs and immigration) we were able to buy duty-free fuel at almost 40 percent less than our last stop!

The Bread Basket:

Mega yacht docks and a hazy sunset from BB:

View down the sidewalk to the other side of the marina:

I had the roti, curry with some kind of meat, Tanya had the pizza, both quite good and reasonably priced.

We do like to anchor out to take advantage of the cooling breeze. This is Painkiller, a Pearson 424 sloop, with Dea Latis just off their bow:

While in St Lucia we hiked Pigeon Island to check out Ft Rodney. Or as Deb from Sibella says “great, another fort…”:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pigeon_Island_(Saint_Lucia)

http://naturalbornhikers.com/trails/fortrodney.html

After walking the grounds and outbuildings we hiked up to the fort:

 Rodney Bay from the top of Ft Rodney. We’re anchored out there somewhere:

Powder magazine:

Sandals Resort:

More fort:

Looking toward the northern point of Pigeon Island. The square-walled bunker is a Musket Redoubt. They would station soldiers there to repel attacks:

Another shot of Sandals:

Musket Redoubt:

Then up to the northern peak:

Made it!

View to the north:

Ft Rodney on the southern peak:

Local pirate-themed sunset cruise ship. Looks like fun!

From Rodney Bay, we headed ten miles south to Marigot which was beautiful! After one night in Marigot, we headed south to Bequia, in the Grenadines.

That’s it for now, we will update again after we get to Grenada.