Mayreau and Tobago Cays, 03/20/2014. 12.38.17N 61.21.76W
Alcedo
David Batten
Mon 3 Mar 2014 23:59
Sunday 2/3/1014. Sunshine and showers and lots of
cloud and 17 to 20 knots of wind, so we make a fast passage to Mayreau, leaving
Tobago Cays for what are supposed to be improving conditions tomorrow. We
manage to avoid all navigational hazards along the way and drop the anchor in
Saline Bay, a very pretty place.
The ferry terminal with the village above and the sandy beach at the head
of the bay. Very peaceful, very unspoilt.
We have a good snorkel, if somewhat cloudy and a pleasant walk to the
windward side of the Island and then up to the village. All the locals are
very friendly and the place has a lovely tranquil atmosphere. We try to
negotiate for crayfish tomorrow not, it transpires, successfully but do manage
to buy a T shirt for the Skipper’s birthday tomorrow and a very nice polished
conch shell (much to the skipper’s disgust).
Monday, 3/3/2014. The Skipper’s Birthday. A
pair of binoculars, a somewhat selfish present from the Skipper’s wife in the
hopes that it will encourage him to endure the bird watching more patiently and
lots of emails from the family as well as the T shirt, but no crayfish. We
set off for Tobago Cays after studying the charts and cruising guides in depth
and meet Jade coming from there, who warn us that it was rolly even for their
catamaran. The route set on the Garmin serves us well and we arrive after
an easy motor off Petit Rameau and anchor in calm water but very shallow, near a
big motor boat.
Alcedo finds a big friend to anchor by and later, after the friend has gone
with Petit Rameau in the background.
Tobago Cays is absolutely beautiful, but because there has been so much
wind, it is also quite bumpy in all the anchorages except the cut. We
might try there tomorrow. Otherwise, it is snorkelling and a little
walking and just being in the incredible colours of the reef strewn seas, with a
lot of other boats! We did see a fabulous ray near the boat on the last
swim of the day, before we settled down to the birthday supper and a noisy
evening with wind against tide and a lot of banging from waves under the
stern.
One of the lovely beaches off Petit Rameau and the popular anchorage off
Baradal.
Alcedo
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