Gentle start

Serafina
Rob & Sarah Bell
Thu 15 Dec 2011 00:42

12:36.21N 61:27.03W

 

Cleared customs at 8.00am and were finally clear of the marina with some goodies from the new bakery shop just by the entrance to the marina, around 9.00am.

 

Light winds all the way up the west coast of Grenada as usual but we were blessed with a smooth sea and around a knot of current under us.

 

When we cleared the northern tip and out into the Atlantic swell again, we were very pleasantly surprised to find the seas remained pretty flat by Caribbean standards and the gently easterly breeze allowed us to make our course direct to Union Island. Better still we were able to make a very comfortable 6 to 7 knots all the way and so it was around 4.00pm that we dropped the anchor in Chatham Bay on Union Island having decided not to bother going into Clifton this late to try to clear customs and immigration.

 

Sadly we saw no dolphins, whales nor did we even get any bites on the lure we were towing for the final few miles, but it was a wonderfully relaxing first sail of the season.

 

The beautiful bay had only a handful of boats anchored and we were able to give ourselves a nice spot with a good sandy holding for the anchor. We were still lowering the anchor when the first of many turtles came by to inspect us! We were also treated again to the spectacle of boobies diving and feeding on the plethora of small fish shoaling around the bay.

 

We settled down to our first swim which was just wonderful and sat and enjoyed watching the sun go down finally without a mountain of jobs still to get done!