Anchor practice

We arrived Admiralty Bay, Bequia on Saturday afternoon 27 Nov and anchored close to the spot we normally use. We backed down as normal to make sure tha anchor was set but for some reason we did not snorkel to check the anchor. Overnight we had real blustery conditions with rain and wind gusting to near 30 knots. Well, about 4:30 am I got up to check the neighborhood and noticed that we were not in the same spot that we had started out the night. I woke Lesley up and we started the engine just as a real heavy rain shower and high winds hit again. We got the anchor up and motored back out of the anchorage waiting for the rain to die down just a bit so that we could re anchor. We finally dropped anchor again at about 5:00am and after drying off we had coffee and just waited to see what would happen.

Everything was fine - fast forward to Monday afternoon - we were sitting on the boat when another squall hit and as we watched a boat in front of us "Restless" hailing port Osteville - no nationality flag - drifting back towards us dragging their anchor. No one was aboard and we did not cherish the thought of having them drag into us - so we picked up anchor and moved to the Southern anchorage off Princess Margaret Beach. We anchored in 10 ft of water and snorkeled to check the anchor which was well set. On the way back to the boat I spotted a lobster hole with 15 small lobsters all looking up at me!

This anchorage is rolly and after a rough night we were awake anyway - we had our morning coffee then hauled anchor and moved back to the North hoping that our previous spot was free. Luck held and "Restless" had moved up and reset their anchor and we re anchored (and snorkeled to check it). Restless then picked up anchor and sailed away and we had a great nights sleep!