Trip Update - 15th January 2009 Clarkes Court Bay, Grenada
Position: 12:00:65N
61:44:21W After a bad nights sleep due to the
rolling, we set off at 0900 from We pulled into Phare Bleu bay but it
looked very rolly so we extracted ourselves from the vicious-looking reefs and
went on to Nutmeg anchored in Clarkes Court
Bay, Grenada However, you can reach some of the
other bays by dinghy, so we set off on a little expotition (the girls are
reading Pooh Bear stories at the moment) back round to Phare Bleu marina. This is a fairly recent development,
with a small private marina with bar, restaurant and swimming pool, together
with an old lightship which has been converted into a posh restaurant. Think We spent a lovely day swimming and
eating and generally lording it up in the wonderful facilities. We met a lady called Anita whom we had
met in Rodney Bay, who works here running a yacht management company – lots of
people leave their boats here on a permanent basis as Grenada is (or was, until
Hurricane Ivan wiped it out in 2004) below the hurricane
belt. Swimming at It was still quite rolly in
Whilst we were here, we tuned into
the 0730 “Cruisers Net”, which is on VHF Ch68 every morning. This radio net is operated by various
volunteers, who read out the weather, allow announcements and urgent requests,
and then do a “treasures of the bilge” section for people to advertise their
unwanted items. Really useful
service and completely free, although a bit cheesy and American! The VHF is used so much more widely out
here, and it makes sense – although I can imagine the chaos if you could order
taxis or laundry on the VHF in the Nutmeg at anchor,
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