St Georges, Grenada
Petronella
Sun 10 Feb 2013 20:15
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12:03.00N 61:45.00W
After a night at anchor in Prickly Bay when it
seemed strange not to be either rolling around in our bunks or standing watches
we weighed anchor, with the inevitable torrential downpour, and headed 10 miles
up the coast to St Georges the capital of Grenada.
We treated ourselves to a berth at the rather smart
and fairly new Port Louis Marina run by Camper & Nicholson one of the
oldest names in yachting. It is a lovely marina and we appreciated all
the comforts and conveniences available.
 Petronella chilling - Port
Louis
We spent a few days pottering around the boat and
exploring St Georges which was full of character. Raymond a well recommended
taxi driver took us all on an Island tour. We had a day full of
experiences including swimming under waterfalls, a civilised lunch at
an old plantation, exploring the mountain roads through the very
scenic interior, driving down to Lake Antoine in a flooded volcano
crater and beeping at all Raymonds (mainly
female friends) everywhere we went!! However our main form of
transport everywhere on the island was the local bus, normally small minibuses
which are colourful, noisy and inexpensive but not for the claustrophic for
there is always room for one more! Most buses also have stereo systems and
the drivers like to run them, like their buses, at full bore. Not for the
fainthearted either!
Over the weekend there was a
local Workboat Regatta and we had an entertaining afternoon on the
beach eating Oildown washed down with Carib. Pete & Geoff also then
took the opportunity to meet up with some friends from the UK who base their
boat in Carriacou, the next main island north. They were gone for a few
days rejoining us on Petronella before flying back to Australia and UK
respectively. Things seemed very quiet
aboard after they left. They were a great crew, good seamen, good handymen and
great company and we counted ourselves fortunate that they were able to
join us.
It was now time to do some planning and we
decided that we would reserve a berth ashore for the Hurricane Season that
starts in June and finishes at the end of November. This will give us
a chance to come home for the Summer and catch up on a few things . We also
did a fair bit of chilling out which was great!!
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