Dawn: Yes do not sail to weather. It was very exhausting!! Especially the sail from Young Island Cut to Soufriere.

Like you we just come back from the BVIs a few weeks ago, we were there during heavy wind week - winds consistently topping 35 kts the first week we were there, second week down to a mere 25 gusting to 30!! Now we are thinking an adventure back south, but are looking into starting in St. Lucia.

While we loved being back in the BVI, we missed the adventure sailing component of the Southern Carribean, the distances between islands and all the unknown and new territory to explore.

One way Grenada to St. Lucia added a charge of $800, just looked up this year's prices it is now $1000. We really enjoyed St. Lucia and don't want to miss it again. However the passage between St. Lucia and St. Vincent can be very challenging sailing.