Our last visit to Nevis was in 2005 and so this time we had decided we would stay a week and explore the island.

Our first day ashore we explored Charlestown, the main city.  Like Basse Terre, there was lots of local produce so we stocked up again on fresh vegetables as well as  a few other provisions and scouted out Internet access.  Our best access was the public library as the two local Internet Cafe’s were no longer in business.  There was WIFI, but it wasn’t available due to an electrical storm earlier in the week that had wiped out the Server.

After our morning in Charlestown we returned to the boat to enjoy an afternoon swim and a gorgeous  sunset.  We were looking forward to our week on Nevis…

 Sunset Pinney’s Beach Nevis

The next day we headed back into Charlestown.  Bob headed off to find Boat Oil and I headed to the Library to donate 20 or so books we had and to use the Internet.

First order of business - Check the Wind Guru.  Conditions looked less than ideal.  Over the next week the wind would kick up to 18 - 20 first coming from the East then the North East.

I checked the e-mail and did a few posts to the Blog.  Once Bob caught up with me we noted the info from the Wind Guru - just in time as the Library Server went down.  Just one of the many frustrations in getting Internet access this year.

With the information from the Wind Guru - we knew we had to cut and run and so we did.

That afternoon we  headed back to St. Kitts and Ballast Bay.  We anchored overnight and the next morning at 4:00am we pulled up anchor and started our sail back to Sint Maarten 

Although not quite as good as the sail from St. Barth’s to St. Kitts this sail was a good one for this part of the Caribbean.  Another long day with 12 hours of sailing.

I managed to capture a few seconds of video of our return.  These too I have posted on You Tube.                                         

Sailing to Sint Maarten - Part 1http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YCmceHQP11I

Sailing to Sint Maarten - Part 2  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TmmqelhbeLI

We were back in Sint Maarten in plenty of time for the 5:30pm bridge and our return to Simpson Bay Lagoon.

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The Admiral and Gilligan

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