Irie Lime

We got to town a little late on Thursday morning, and there was a queue at the Scotiabank, so we moved to First Caribbean Bank and got our cash – just in time to board the boat with about 47 other people – which was called the “IRIE LIME” a 70ft sailing catamaran with a yellow hull and white topside. The crew introduced themselves, and said that we were heading out shortly and they had lotsa rum, lotsa food and lotsa music for a huge party! Just as we left the docks, they handed out some drinks. We started with beer since we were going snorkelling in a little while. The people on the boat were mostly in St Kitts for the cricket, with a few Americans who were staying at the Marriot just taking a break.

The snorkelling was awesome. We all jumped into the warm crystal clear water in a small cove about 45minutes from the harbour. The water was around 20ft deep. There were a lot of fish. I saw a crayfish between some of the rocks as well as an octopus-type-of thing that moved across the rocks and changed colours while a watched it for a bit.

The cove where we went snorkeling...After the dip in the ocean, we had some lunch. For a change - it was rice, fish and chicken! And it was really good. James went for seconds, so the rest of us followed since there was lots of it.

On the way to Nevis with rum punch!
We then moved on to the rum, and it flowed freely as we made our way to the beach next to the Four Seasons resort on Nevis. We passed a few private Mega Yachts, parked just off Nevis. Rather nice looking toys!
Super cruiser parked off of Nevis.

The boat pulled up onto the beach and a ladder was lowered from between the bow trampolines so we could walk down onto the beach, the bar moved with us to the beach – this was a good, or perhaps a bad thing! Cos it was HOT, and the rum just kept flowing. Some of the people from the boat played some cricket. James and myself walked down the beach to check out the resort. They had an awesome rimflow pool right on the beach. So we moved around the side of the hotel and made it seem like we were guests, so we put our stuff down next to a lounger and dived in. This probably didn’t fool anyone since we were pretty much on our way already. We swam for a bit, and at the wall that had the rimflow bit, there was a drain or mini pool type of thing just below it. So I made the suggestion – lets lie on the wall and roll into the gutter. This wasn’t such a bright idea, since I whacked the underneath of my foot, and James took a small gash above his ankle. Again – this probably didn’t help our chirade of trying to look like we were staying at the resort. We then moved away, got more rum punch from the Ire Lime crew member manning the cooler boxes and joined the rest of the people from the boat in the water “fielding” for the ongoing game of beach cricket.

Irie Lime parked on the beach at Nevis

Further down the beach we spied a floating trampoline, so we took a walk and swam out to that and had a few dives into the water – that rocked! But it was short lived since the boat was leaving in the next two minutes. We swam for the beach, and then did a baywatch run as to not be left behind! Of course with a detour to have a final bomb drop in the larny rim flow pool.

Back on the boat – more rum, and more music etc. James sat with the captain at the helm. I climbed up there a little after that. The view was good, and the captain was cool. We cant remember his name, probably cos they kept serving us more rum!

James with the captain!

Getting back to the dock, they poured us off the boat, and we needed more food! This was around 4:30/5pm, and we went to Subway to get food, and were planning on going to the Dutch pub again for a huge party after a power nap. We sort of didn’t make it, since we got back to Gateway at about 6, and passed out completely finished! We certainly got our moneys worth on the IRIE LIME!