and headed south on a short passage to Nevis.
The combined nation of St. Kitts and Nevis is a constitutional monarchy within the Commonwealth, with Queen Elizabeth as Head of State and represented by a Governor General.
The two Islands are separated by The Narrows, a two mile wide channel. The Island is approximately 8 miles long and 6 miles wide with Mt. Nevis in nearly the center. Mt. Nevis which is 3232 feet high, loomed over the hills at the south end of St. Kitts which we had been looking at for the last ten days. On most of these days their was a cloud hiding the top of the mountain. Today there were no clouds and we could see the beautiful green island with all of its mountain. The main anchorage is between the Island's principle town, Charlestown on the south, and the Four Seasons Hotel on Pinney's Beach on the north. Between these two points there is a beautiful nearly three mile long beach.
As we anchored along the beach in relatively calm water we wished we had left White House Bay earlier. Given that winds were still in the 25 nmph range from the east I was surprised how well this relative small Island and it's Mountain protected the lee side of this Island. Even with the calm lee we needed our rocker stoppers to dampen the waves from the ferry boats that ran between St. Kitts and Charlestown every hour or so. We had not needed them in White House Bay even with the 45 nmph wind gusts we had experienced.
The Four Season is a beautiful Hotel on a great beach.
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