Grenada - 19 January
Dearloves
Fri 20 Jan 2006 17:25
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Today is the half way point in our travels - we
have been going for six months exactly. We have covered over 6000 miles
and have sailed from Italy to Grenada.
Yesterday we sailed from Tyrrel Bay, Carriacou, to
Prickly Bay on the south coast of Grenada. It was a journey of
around 38 miles and took us six hours. We sailed in convoy with
Whitehaven, which works well for us because they (a Bavaria 50) seem to travel
at the same speed. It was a bit sad because this was the last
sail we will do with them, as from here their boat is heading to Aruba,
before going through the Panama Canal and back to Australia. We will be
travelling North again, up the chain of Caribbean islands, when we leave here in
early February.
The sail to Prickly Bay was great - beautiful
sunshine and sparkling sea, with a gentle swell coming in from behind the
boat. We were downwind for most of the journey. We did have a rain
squall half way between Carriacou and Grenada, for which we rolled away the
genoa. The rain was so hard it was like having a shower, but it was warm
so we didn't need any clothing other than our swimming things. Very
refreshing but over too soon.
 Leaving Tyrrel Bay,
Carriacou
Charlie rigged a preventer on the boom to avoid
accidental gybes:
  Volcanic Islands
These are the islands to the North of Grenada,
which include a volcano which erupted in 1996 called "Kick 'Em Jenny". We
were happy not to see any volcanic activity as we sailed past - we gave it a
wide berth.
We arrived in Prickly Bay around 4.30pm. We
had a glass of wine in the cockpit on arrival. Someone sailed through
the anchorage on a laser with his two dogs on board:
 Just taking the dogs out
This anchorage is very settled, as the prevailing
wind and swell comes from the north east. Tomorrow we will tour the
island.
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