We were still in Carriacou waiting for our insurance time limits, so have a
few more days to wait. Lots of our friends from Grenada started to arrive while
we waited so it was great fun to socialize with everyone before we all head
north. We walked into Hillsborogh with Janet & Jeff from Turant III and had a nice lunch and some good shopping for a great day out. The following evening we had a nice dinner at Lucky’s in Tyrrel Bay which is only on a Saturday
night with BBQ specials for cruisers so we all went along for a nice evening
with great friends.
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| Janet & Jeff |
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| A great lunch out |
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| Lucky's night out |
Then we finished up our stay in Carriacou with a lovely walk up to the hills above the Harbor with all the crews around us. The views were fabulous and the walk fairly gentle but still energetic. We saw lots of animals from pigs, sheep, goats, etc to a rare sight of a tortoise. The following morning we all met again to check out of Grenada, it was a great time and a great end to the Grenada sojourn for this year.
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| Everyone waiting in Tyrrel Bay |
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| Girls just wanna have fun! |
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| Our tortoise |
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| Good friends & Great times |
Our first stop was Clifton harbor on Union Island in the Grenadines, not a
long sail at about 11 miles but we did have to tack around the islands so it
took a little longer than we thought. Devin dinghied ashore alone as we were not
stopping here for long, however it was an easy check in with Customs and
Immigration now in the same building. We said a quick hello to Maggie and Wiley
who just arrived before we left after lunch and were staying the night.
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| Arriving near Clifton harbor |
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| Back from Checking into St Vincent & the Grenadines |
Moosetracks had plans on Mayreau so we sailed across to find a nice anchorage in
Saline Bay with just a few boats. The next morning we ventured ashore to walk
the small island, taking only around an hour to walk the entire length on the
only road. We had great views from the summit by the cute church there and
chatted with locals and some school kids. Liz remarked how wonderful it was
seeing kids turning up to school early and so excited to be there too.
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| Moosetracks in Saline bay |
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| The hill top church |
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| Liz at Saltwhistle bay |
We left Mayreau for the Tabago Cays which is only 3-5 miles but all into
the trades so we just motored around.
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| Motoring to the Tabago Cays |
It is a shallow reef area so navigation is
mostly by eye but our charts were spot on. We entered between the two largest
islands and anchored behind the large horseshoe reef that shelters the mooring
field from the Atlantic waves. It is a fantastic sight as you can see from the
panorama pictures we took.
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| Tabago Cays Looking south |
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| Tabago Cays looking east |
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| Tabago Cays looking north |
The small island to the east is where Jonny Depp was stranded in Pirates of
the Caribbean and they burned down the coconut trees! Thankfully they were props
as the park here didn’t allow them to burn the real ones.
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| The island from Pirates of the Caribbean |
We enjoyed 2 days here visiting 3 off the small Cays and snorkeling in 6
different locations. There are lots of fish on the outer reef so a lot was done
there on both days.
Our next Stop was Canouan Island, again a very small island in the
Grenadines. We anchored in Grand Bay off the Tamarind Bay Hotel and used
their dinghy dock. Sadly the resort was not yet in full swing and was almost
deserted, we did stop by and talk to some staff but there were no guests yet. We
were told it would be another 2 weeks before they opened fully, but the bar
would open around 5pm. So we walked around the island and again climbed the
hills to get a good view. It is a small community but very friendly, we bought
some vegetables in the market and had lunch from a local vendor there too. We
sat by the ferry dock to eat lunch and enjoyed a very nice chicken, rice and
beans with provisions (Yum).
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| East shore of Canouan |
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| Moosetracks at anchor in Canouan |
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| The town and bay |
This brings us to Port Elizabeth on Bequia which is the largest of the
Grenadine islands, 7 square miles.. We emailed Liz’s oldest school friend to confirm that her
farther in law was still living here, and then we emailed him we were pleased to see
they are around. So we made plans to stay a while and see them. Our first day
was a total wash-out with a lot of rain which fell all day, not very common here
but there you go, they do need the water however. Our next day we walked around
town but being Sunday a lot of businesses were closed even though a cruise ship
was in port.
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| Charter boat Mandalay with cruise ship behind |
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| Fort Hamilton views |
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| Port Elizabeth bay |
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| One of 5 cannon's in the very small fort. |
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| Some fun at the restaurant |
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| Port Elizabeth high street |
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| Whaleboner bar |
We heard Nauti Dog on the radio and called them, since we both had a free
afternoon and love dominoes we met for a leisurely game in the afternoon.
Chester and Riley were very happy to get a few extra cuddles and tickles and Liz
just loves a doggy fix too. We had a great time with Michael & Karen too and
arranged a trip to the turtle sanctuary with them.
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| Chester getting a scratch |
Monday the rain eased up and we managed a nice walk on the Princess Margaret beach.
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| Princess Margret beach |
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| A great beach path around the southern bay |
On Monday night we met up with Dereck & Liz and met their lovely MKIII Landrover Gladys. Liz picked us up and drove us to their wonderful home in Spring Bay. They have been here for 20 years and when we toured the garden it was certainly evident that they spent a lot of that time in the garden. It was beautiful and the terracing, concrete paths and water system certainly looked harder work than planting the thousands of tress, shrubs and flowers they have. We enjoyed the tour and relaxing on the veranda before dinner at Sugar Reef restaurant.
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| Liz, Derek and Liz enjoying dinner |
On our last day in Bequia we took the Old Hegg Turtle Sanctuary tour, on a safari bus with Karen and Micheal up to the bay. It was a small but very effective set up with the owner doing it all himself. He has a success rate of 10 from 100 hatch-lings being released compared to natural rates of 1 in 3,000 Hawksbill turtles making it.
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| Michael & Devin in the "bus" |
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| Liz and Karen |
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| Hatch-lings around 3" long, 6 weeks old |
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| Devin & Michael getting the tour from the owner |
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| One year old at around 10" |
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| An 18 year old Hawksbill Turtle |
We then walked around town to see the model boat makers shops and then had lunch at a beach side bar and followed up with ice cream at Gingerbreads.
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| A local boat model builder |
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| Some of the finished boats |
We hope all our friends are enjoying the fall season.
