Talulah's Log - Mayreau and Tobago Cays
Talulah's Web Diary
Paul & Anette Morris
Sat 30 Dec 2006 22:07
position "12:38.815N
061:23.470W"
Saturday
30th December 2006
Canouan was great. A sleepy little
island that has just woken up. The locals were very friendly and
very accommodating to the visiting yachts moored just off the
town.
We left there yesterday to sail to Tobago
Cays, only 8 miles away. The wind was fresh, and there was a bit of
a sea running in the channel between the islands. (Anette actually
got wet sitting in the cockpit!), But progress was swift and we arrived in just
over an hour - to a very crowded anchorage! We could have
stayed, but even the beaches on the tiny islands were crowded with people from
the many charter boats that run out of Union Island. So we
took Talulah on a tour around the islands then left to go on to
Mayreau, 2 miles away. From a distance it looked idyllic, and it was
as we made our way around the top of the island and down into Saltwhistle Bay -
which also had a lot of charter boats in, but most of them seemed to go as
evening drew in.
Last night Anette and I went ashore onto the
white sand, found a small restaurant right on the beach, ate Tuna, and then just
walked along the beach or sat on the sand and watched the moon and stars, and
listened to the crashing waves on the reef not far
away.
Breakfast this morning was fresh papaya and
banana.
The second to last day of the year saw us
watching pelicans fishing on the reefs, and us moving around Union Island
to Chatham Bay. I think that this bay is what the West Indies
must have looked like 20 years ago. There are a few
other yachts anchored in the bay, but not many. The water is
crystal clear, and although the shore has a long beach, the lush green
hills behind rise very steeply to craggy outcrops. There
are a couple of shacks on the beach - one of which has a reputation for
fish.
A boat-boy met us as we anchored and asked us
if we wanted to eat at the "Shark attack"
restaurant (shack) ashore. We said yes and he asked to tell us what
we wanted, tuna or lobster. We opted for tuna (again!), and he said "seven o'clock sharp on de
beach...!" He came back in his boat 10 minutes later and
asked to bring our own plate, knives and forks....." cus we'se runnin a lil'
short man". Where else would that
happen????
