We are sailing to Bequia today

An hour later than planned we left St. Lucia at 6 o’clock in the morning. The weather was good and the wind was predicted at 10 to 12 knots easterly. Just as we passed Castries we saw this huge wall of rain and wind coming behind us. It came fast and furious! By the time we came out of the shelter of St. Lucia we had 40 knots from south east and heavy rain and squalls. The black front covered the full horizon with thunder and 35 knots plus winds and stayed with us for a bit over two hours. The kids and I had to be mainly down below and Sven was standing his ground at the helm. After a long 10 hours of fighting the weather, we were rewarded for our effort. Bequia greeted us with sunshine and an impressive sunset. Admiralty Bay where we are anchored now is picturesque and gives us a very peaceful impression at first sight. We are now anchored right in front of a white beach with a backdrop of palm trees, as seen in most pictures and movies. We were happy with our safe anchorage and settled down with a yummy homemade burger and a family movie for the night.
There is something else that I would like to share before closing my lines today. On our trip over Sven decided to wear a rain jacket to protect him from the rain and uncomfortable dampness. The air temperature had probably dropped to 28 degree. By that time even the kids decided to put on a jacket, so when we arrived in Bequia Carlos first question was if it was winter here. I thought that was really funny, what would they say if we would travel to Germany or going back home to New Zealand?