Hog Island, Grenada.
Oriole
Sun 24 Apr 2005 15:56
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Tyrrel Bay, Carriacou is a very pleasant anchorage
with crystal clear turquoise water
shared by yachts, local trading sloops, and a collection of barges and tugs. There are several locally run restaurants along the beach serving great local food, mainly fish and two dive shops, not to mention experts to deal with any boat related problem and a small boatyard. We dived with one of the dive shops on Monday and explored one of the tugs which for the last two years has been moored in the Bay increasingly becoming an eyesore and on one occasion breaking free and going off on its own. The tug has been cleaned of all its oil and other pollutants and taken out and sunk as a dive site. It has already attracted some lovely reef fish mainly French Angels and Queen Angels which are normally not easy to find.  French
Angelfish (about 1 foot long)
We seem to have gained enough confidence now to
dive inside a wreck
although we still find it slightly un-nerving not
to be able to look up towards
the surface. However at 90 feet even in clear
conditions you can't see it anyway!
We sailed down to Grenada in lovely conditions on Tuesday. Again there has been some very unusual weather in the Caribbean with lots of cloud and rain, but we have luckily escaped it and have been sitting in a lovely sheltered anchorage on the south coast of Grenada catching up with maintenance. Chris has been busy with the varnish brush and yesterday I stripped, cleaned, greased and re-assembled 5 winches which Chris is now polishing. 
Sunday morning and all quiet on da beach - just wait!
On Sunday afternoons the locals organise a barbeque on the beach "with plenty food and drink mon" so we are gently starving ourselves in
preparation. On this
occasion last year Danni and Robert were with us but probably do not remember much about it! |