Canouan Island - Wide open bay
Malua
Harry Watson Smith
Sun 30 Dec 2012 08:22
There are not many wide open bay in this part of the Windward Islands either because of the reefs or because they are on the windward side of the island however Charlestown Bay is just one. It is of course guarded by a coral reef but the bay is big and the entrance has the correct port and starboard light - Red Right Returning.
We dropped the anchor in sand some distance from an American yacht and went ashore to walk around. Being Sunday everything was closed but the effect of the airport expansion can be seen in the town with almost every fourth house supporting a CCA vehicle. Employment must be high. Almost every house has a large black rainwater tank and many have sewage pump-out points at the road side.
The island is the base for the Moorings yacht charter business and they have a large complex on the edge of the bay along with a rather upmarket Tamarind Beach Hotel and club.
When we got back to Malua I found a German boat had anchored right up wind of us right on top of my anchor. Some people just want to be close because they think they are safer. They will have to move if we are to pull up our anchor.
A magical moment on Malua