Made It to the Windward Islands

OK. So we didn't actually sail to the Windwards. And we aren't on Wind Dancer, but we are sailing in the Windwwards. On January 20, 2018, Rich and Mary Jim Martin, Luke and Jan Sand, and Rick and Cookie Brown, arrived on St. Lucia and took possession of a 44 foot Sunsail Jeaneau charter yacht, out of Rodney Bay.In Rodney Bay, we caught up with old friend, Ron Marchman, once from Boca Chica, who has been down in the Caribbean for 5 or 6 years now. We spent a day provisioning and then getting  underway for the southern end of the island. St. Lucia is a lush, volcanic island, mountainous, and while we were there windy and subject to sudden, misty showers.

Our first anchorage was between The Pitons, in a national park site, which was in full sunshine as we arrived.

We did some land tours there, visiting a volcano, full of bubbling mud, so close to the road that it is called the Drive In Volcano. We also went to a National Heritage site with lovely views of the Pitons. Touring is pretty easy, almost anyone with a car is willing to become a tour guide. There are official guided tours too, but we enjoyed our cheaper tour arranged by one of the park guides, who also ferried us over to Soufrierre from the Pitons anchorage for free.