Tyrrell Bay, Carriacou
Talulah's Web Diary
Paul & Anette Morris
Sat 31 Mar 2007 15:53
position "12:27.386N
061:29.061W"
Saturday
31st March 2007
Well, we've had a few tropical downpours of
rain in the past few days, and the wind seems to be more fickle in its
direction. Always from the east somewhere, but there is far more north and
south in it than before. Perhaps this is normal, and it is merely
heralding the start of the hurricane season in a couple of months.
Temperatures also seem to have increased a little, with 33 or 34 Celsius being
more normal now during the days.
We've been to Union Island and anchored in
Chatham Bay, one of our favourite haunts. We were also in
Saltwhistle Bay in Mayreau, one of the most picture postcard places in the
Grenadines, and then we sailed to Clifton and then Hillsborough, the capital of
Carriacou. Anette found a delicatessen there with all manner of
foods from Europe and the US, so she's really happy now. We also
stocked up with all the basic food items - including beer! Talking
of which, there is a floating bar in Tyrrell Bay which opens late in the
day. We take the dinghy over, some people just swim over, and enjoy
a couple of beers with other sailors from the yachts in the anchorage - so
relaxing and nice to chat to other people.
Bob and Denise left us yesterday, catching the
fast ferry from Carriacou to Grenada, then a flight from Grenada
to Florida, via Puerto Rico. We've had a great time with them,
and we're really sad to see them go. We've had a lot of laughs and
we thoroughly enjoyed ourselves.
We're going to hang around Carriacou for a few
days, and then sail on up to Martinique, and then maybe beyond to Antigua and
the British Virgin Islands. But we'll see, there is no rush to do
anything.
Beach bar in Chatham Bay, Union Island - and a
cold beer at the end of a hot day
with Anette, Bob and
Denise
Saltwhistle Bay,
Meyreau
Hillsborough, 'Capital' of Carriacou - there's
a great deli here called Patty's
Following the fish at Tobago
Cays