We started September with Liz's birthday and left Tyrell Bay for the beautiful Sandy island just outside the bay. It was nice to get out of the bay for a few days and be on our own. We spent teh days walking on the beach and of course snorkeling the reef here.
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| Butterfly fish, always in pairs it seems |
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| Beautiful sponges |
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| Spotted Eel |
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| A nice meal if it wasn't in the park. |
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| A crab feeding |
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| Nice color |
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| Sandy Island moorings |
We rushed back to Tyrell bay after the birthday weekend because tropical Storm Irma was on its way, although way north of us we didn't want any issues as it was forecast to become huge.
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| Bringing Les in |
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| Moosetracks safely tied in |
The Leeward islands got the brunt of the Category 5, the highest you get, Hurricane Irma. The devastation was awful and very wide spread.
Ok here we go again now for tropical storm Maria, it was again forecast to be a category 5. we didn't want to chance anything again as the storm surge was quite bad for Irma so here we are again.
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| The boat next to us had a film crew visit it! |
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| A ridiculous amount of bad storms |
The surge was by far the worst of the 4 storms this year, it destroyed some of the new docks around the new marina.
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| The really bad surge after Maria |
Getting back to normal and snorkeling one afternoon on Oscar's wreck we found lots of new sea life. The wreck is now breaking up quite a lot and is gathering a lot more sealife.
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| Lobster now make it home |
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| Lots of fish on the wreck |
Devin got in a few Loinfish hunts with Lumbadive during September too.
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| A slipper lobster |
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| A few lionfish |
We helped the cruisers in the bay raise money for the Islands hit by this years storms. A local man, Gus, was taking his own boat to Dominica were he has family. So we loaded Gus with donated items for Dominica.
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| Helping load teh boat |
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| Some donated items collected |
The bay returns to normal, we hope for a while at least.
So we are back to boat projects now the storms have settled. First up is the Stay-sail repair for the sun cover.
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| Liz sewing the Staysail at Richard and Diane's house |
Well soon we will be off again to Islands and anchorages north. It has been a wonderful season in Carriacou and we loved every minute of it.
We hope all our freinds are safe and had a great summer.
