onward...

Departed Nevis at 9:30pm, headed to St Bart's. The wind is strong, coming from the east, and has been for days now so we're going to sail along the southern coast of St Kitts before turning northward for St Bart's to avoid the sizeable ocean swell as long as possible. Otherwise we would have slipped between Nevis and St Kitts to get more wind sooner.
Under single-reefed main and full genny we're making 8.5 knots in relatively flat water - maybe 2-3 ft waves. We can see the lights of Nevis and St Kitts and the stars are out. It's a bit colder than it has been; I'm a little chilly when I'm in the wind with a long sleeve shirt on (and shorts) but a bit too warm when inside and out of the wind.
The picture is of the lights of St Kitts.

Lazy

Having a lazy afternoon watching the pelicans dive bomb baitfish while we wait to depart for Gustavia.

Taxi

Our dinghy tried to escape but our new dinghy anchor was watching over us.

Nevis

Survived the climb to the top of Mt Nevis. More vertical climbing than the others we've done recently. Fortunately there were lots of ropes already placed to help up (and more importantly ) down. About 3.5 hours round trip. Had a great guide, Nichael. I highly recommend him.

S/V Delos

I'm currently watching a Delos video (svdelos.com or search for Delos on YouTube) while I have a little bandwidth available. I've watched this group from Seattle sail the world for the last several years. They do an awesome job of presenting what it's like to sail on a boat to foreign ports. Their only support is from individuals contributing through Patreon.

Dog on a hot tin roof

As we were exploring Portsmouth, Dominica, this dog came out on his roof to protect his property:

Quite ferocious! 

delayed

Just pulled weather and realized that Gustavia, St Bart's is 60 miles away not 90 (don't know why that was stuck in my brain) so we don't need to leave until 9-ish. Time for happy hour and a nap :-)
Then I'll prep the boat for heavy weather. The weather report shows 9ft seas and average wind speed of 22 knots. Ought to be an exciting trip; hopefully not too exciting!