Tyrrel Bay Carriacou N 12.29 W61.27
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Ellinor Ristoff Staffan Ehde
Sun 27 Jan 2013 22:51
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Yesterday we pulled the anchor after having a great
visit from Ulla and Per on Loupan.
Aswe pulled the anchor I had to dive and get a line
we had secured around an old mooring stone as an extra safety.
Coming down to the big "stone" I was attacked by a
murray (Moräna) the fish had its territory under it and did not like me getting
close...
We had a great ride with 20 knots of wind going
down south but realised that we had started so late we would arrive to Carriacou
after dark.
So as we had 24 hours to leave the country we
decided to anchor at Chatham Bay in Union Island.
Not long before we got there our line started to
scream and Ellinor pulled home her first fish, a 4 kg tuna.
When we had anchored a local guy came and offered
us to eat dinner on the beach, kids free and as we had not enought cash he took
what we had and we where allowed to bring our own drinks.
He also picked us up from the boat and returned
after we where done.
The setting was magnificent, just sand, tables and
chairs, oil lamps (no electricity) and the sound of cicadas (or something
similar).
The food was OK , a itle bit to cold to our taste,
but we got Mahe, conch frittes, rice, garlic potatoes and as a desert some kind
of bananacake.
As we came back I turned on the shortwave radio and
got in contact with Gustaf on Caminante! Amazing to talk beyond VHF
limits!
This morning we went up, had a morning swim,
breakfast and took off to Carriacou.
Tonight we had our tuna with home made french
fries. I took a long tour with the kayak and got in a mangroove water system
that was so still and hot I was really soeaked when I got back.
It was sad to leave al friends behind, but also
nice to just be for ourselves for a while. We<have no doubts we will meet
great people in the coming journey.
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