Pinney's Beach, Nevis

[Kevin's Post]We left the anchorage at Basseterre yesterday after two very rolly nights and moved down the coast a few miles to a place called White House Bay. We were very happy to be in a flat anchorage for the first time since leaving St. Maarten. Saba and Statia both were pretty uncomfortable, and Basseterre wasn't much better. White House Bay was just right. We spent the day doing some boat chores, we defrosted the freezer using a bucket of water and a spare bilge pump to melt the ice. Amanda did some cleaning inside the boat and I attempted to clean the rust stains off the deck where we worked on the genset. There were little flecks of rust that came off the genset during the week we had it sitting up on deck and the wind blew them all over the port deck. And then it rained. So the boat has these red spots everywhere that have been driving me nuts. Acid cleans them right off, and at this point I've managed to clean up about half the mess. After our chores, we did a little snorkeling. White House Bay has an interesting wreck in shallow water that according to one of our books is from 1799. It didn't look quite that old, but it was a pretty cool snorkel regardless with a wide variety of fish.

After one night at White House Bay, we moved on to Nevis and anchored off Pinney's Beach just south of the Four Seasons resort. This is a beautiful palm tree lined beach that stretches for 3 miles on the west coast of Nevis. This is exactly what we have been imagining the caribbean would be like. Nevis is another volcano island with a tall volcanic mountain at its center. We wandered around Charlestown for a bit and visited the Nevis museum which happens to be in the house where Alexander Hamilton was born. We ate lunch at a local cafe and then took a quick island tour in one of the taxis. We visited the Botanical Gardens of Nevis which is a 7 acre garden displaying all kinds of tropical plants and flowers. We also stopped by the Montpelier Estate which is an old sugar cane plantation which has been converted to a hotel. The old sugar mill is now used as a room for their restaurant. After our touring we headed back to the boat to cool off with a swim.

Where we are:
Location=Pinneys Beach, Nevis
Lat=17 08.918
Lon=62 32.765