Nautical Bequia

Here is a nautical scene if I ever saw one! This is a cruise ship that calls into Admiralty Bay in Bequia. It's half ship and half sailboat. Part of the Star Clipper Line, there are a few of these around the Caribbean.
Don't let those masts fool you. The two in the back of the boat are smoke stacks. But still, this is an impressive thing to see. Roy and I jumped into the dingy and drove along side to take these pictures on Friday at sunset.



As you can see from the water, the sea was as still as can be! Perfect conditions for blasting along after this massive boat with our little 8.9 outboat engine. As I was busy snapping away pictures, we noticed that the whole crew and passengers were gathered along the back deck. There were getting a group picture taken, so no one noticed us buzzing by their stern.






While we have been here in Bequia we had a bit of work done on the boat. Winfield is a local who does fantastic work on boats. We had first met him when we were here in May. He did some work on our friend's boat Losloper. We had him spruce up our teak toerail. This involved stripping off the old finish and then sanding and applying a few coats of teak oil. He did a great job and it only took a few days. Here you can see Winfield's own boat "Friendshipside II".