Trip Update - 9th January 2009 Tobago Cays, Grenadines
Position: 12:38:19N
61:21:79W Distances are so short in the
The girls looking out for
reefs The Tobago Cays are a small group of
islands and reefs in the Grenadines – nowhere near and nothing to do with
I could get used to
this As you approach, you pass through a
narrow channel between two islands, then the water opens out into a lake-like
area, protected by the aptly-named Horseshoe Reef and four small islands. On the way in, we nearly sailed into a
turtle, floating on the surface! We anchored in 10 metres of water
and I could still see the anchor clearly. Incidentally all this being able to
see your anchor on the bottom is very educational (if you like that sort of
thing). You can see how the anchor
sets, and how much scope is required.
In general, our anchor (it is a 20kg Delta) sets within it’s own length,
which is really impressive. I have
so much more confidence in our anchor than I used to with our old CQR – which is
important in the Approaching We spent 3 days in the Cays,
swimming off the boat, and watching the turtles. Whilst Sarah and the girls were doing
school, I took the dinghy off to the outer reef where the Turtle watching, Tobago
Cays Our Dutch friends arrived and we all
organized for one of the local boat boys to cook us a lobster barbeque on one of
the beaches. This turned out to be
a superb feast with lobster, fish, chicken and a whole array of local vegetables
such as plantain, yam and potato.
All our
dinghies A superb beach
barbeque Lobster
feast Our old friends Martin and Marieke
from “Walrus” arrived from |