Bequia Boats

Tuesday, March 22, 2016
Bequia, Grenadines/St Vincent
One thing Bequia has in greater variety than bars is boats. Bequia has a rich whaling, fishing and boat building tradition and attracts all kind of boats and ships. The ferries plying back and forth to the "mainland" and other Grenadine islands are a regular feature of life in Bequia. There are also a wide variety of cruise ships that stop in Bequia, from floating condos like The World, to conventional cruise ships, to tall ships and modern luxury sailing cruisers. There are all kinds of yachts, from catamarans to every possible configuration of monohull sailboat to power cruisers. There are classic wooden schooners, water taxis, local "double-ender" fishing boats, speed boats, dive boats, rowboats and, of course, dinghies everywhere. Next to walking, I think the dinghy is the most popular means of transportation in Bequia. One thing, thankfully, that you won't see is personal watercraft (sea-doos). They are illegal here. Then, there are the model boats, from the intricate detailed scale models from places such as Mauvin's and Sargent's, to the "coconut boat" souvenirs sold on Front Street and the sailing models that the older kids chase around at the beaches on paddle boards or swimming (a real workout!). And of course the number of different flags being flown by the boats in the harbour is almost as great as the number of different boats. Regatta is coming up this weekend, which will mean a further influx of boats, but we will be gone by then. Unfortunately, the one year we stayed for regatta, 2013, I did not upload my pictures to the cloud and lost them when my computer was stolen, but see this link to Carol's flashback blog entry:
http://bit.ly/1o4cfeP  
Below is a highly unedited collection of my pictures of boats from over the years.

  
 

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