Early in January I had an E-mail from Chris. Since we were deep into the planning for Key West Race Week, this was not unusual, however the subject line of this one said "Caribbean on a 40' Yacht". Needless to say I opened it immediately to see that he and his wife Georgie were inviting me to join them and their 2 kids, Amber and Jamie, on a cruising vacation in the Grenadines. It took me about 10 seconds to reply with an excited "YES"!!

Rather than write a long story, I'll just say, we sailed from St. Vincent (down at Latitude 13º 15.00) on a Sun Odyssey 40 from Sunsail to Bequia, Canouan, Mayreau, Tobago Cays, Union Island, Petit St. Vincent, and Petit Martinique (Latitude 12º 31.50). We stopped to snorkel at nearly every Island and had dinner ashore most nights....did a bit of sightseeing as well. Now I'll let the photos tell the rest of the story.

Cruising Grounds	Spinnaker unpacking?
Georgie at the helm	Whale and Dolphin watch team
Where's the Reef?	Joy Ride!
Save the Turtles!	Chris and Duff
S/V Sudiki	Georgie Trimming Jib
Stef at the Helm	Jamie at the Helm
Georgie teaches Jamie to snorkel	This is better than pizza delivery...fresh Red Snapper!
Galley slaves	Tired Kids!!
Abandoned?	Picture Perfect
also Picture Perfect	The Brown family
Jamie	Snorkeling at Mopian
Where next?	Georgie's turn again
Stef and Georgie on Mayreau	Stef and Jamie and Amber at the top of Mayreau
Robert Righteous and de Youths for dinner	After dinner dancing
more dancing	our Island home
Sailing family	a week is too short!