Tobago Cays - 12 January
Dearloves
Thu 12 Jan 2006 17:04
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Still in Tobago Cays, although the weather has not
been so good the last couple of days. We have had gusts of 35 knots,
however our anchor has held and the anchorage is not rolly, thanks to the reef
protection. Yesterday we went to Union Island for a shopping trip.
It was a great day out - Rob, Kerry, Georgia and Emma from Whitehaven came on
Keoma and the sail was around 5 miles to get there. We had a few
spectacular rain showers before we left:
 Heavy rain in Tobago Cays - only
Whitehaven is visible behind us
The weather was clear for most of the day on Union
and we anchored, then did some provisioning at the fruit & veg
market.
 Approaching Union Island
 Fruit & veg stalls
We are now back in Tobago Cays.
 Pip on the beach
 Guess what Charlie has been doing in the windy
conditions:
 We had some excitement this morning while having
coffee on some friends' boat. An 80 footer was just passing and its
engine cut out when it was directly in front of us. The wind blew the boat
sideways towards us. We grabbed fenders and shouted at the boat boys, who
came over and threw lines, but it was too late to prevent the impact.
Fortunately our friends have a bowsprit, which did exactly what it is designed
to do and took the impact brilliantly. The bowsprit then got stuck on
their pushpit and we had to cut their manrails and bend the steelwork to
free it. Meanwhile the guests on the other boat just sat and watched while
their crew rushed about trying to prevent total
calamity!
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