This is my final post in a 4-part series about bareboat sailing in the Caribbean – I’ve saved the best for last, our lobster feast!Imagine yourself floating on this pristine turquoise water, nowhere to be, nothing you are required to do.And up to your sailboat pulls one of these guys, flashing some 3-5 pound spiny lobsters.They’re different than lobsters you get elsewhere, most notably their brightly colored shells and their lack of fat front claws.You strike a deal – 30 EC (about $12) a pound is usually the going rate – and you start picking out your lobsters.He’ll weight them up and hand them to you to put in a bag and drag in the water until you’re ready to cook them. I actually never liked lobster – despite growing up with summer vacations at my grandparent’s on the ocean in Rhode Island – until I was 50. I’m so happy I developed a taste for it before this trip.I highly recommend pouring a little bubbly to enjoy while you cook.And by all means, wait until you’ve enjoyed the sunset over the Caribbean waters to start working.When you’re ready, lay a lobster out flat. I always try to soothe them a bit first……and then, as is most humane, quickly insert a knife directly into the brain to kill them instantaneously.You’ll only be eating the tails of these lobsters, as that’s the only part with any meat. The body is thrown back into the ocean to decompose naturally.I like to split the tails before grilling them because they are so huge it helps the middle cook at the same speed as the rest of the tail. It also makes the meat easier to remove from the shell.All you need is some simple garlic butter to enjoy them. We actually had a salad and some potatoes with the lobster – but my husband, who usually can’t eat that much, skipped everything else and ate an entire tail himself.The leftover lobster made for a sinfully good, albeit simple, pasta dish the next night.We had a fabulous time on our trip and enjoyed great meals all over the small islands from St. Lucia to Grenada. But of everything we had, the spiny lobsters were most certainly the highlight!