Carriacou Island, Grenada

Rubicon
Sun 31 Jan 2016 14:56
We made it to Grenada, and anchored in Tyrell Bay. It was a bit tricky, as we ended up near a small floating buoy, and had to anchor a few times to get a good hold. I checked into customs and immigration, and walked along the beach. The bay was quite full with what appeared to be "live-aboards" in fairy small boats. There were two restaurants around Carricaou Marine, which had excellent dinghy access and reasonable prices. We ended up getting take out twice, once BBQ chicken, and another night Pizza to order. Really great people and a lovely atmosphere. If we go back, I would hope that we could all go in and eat together rather than take it out, but Vlad might be hard to convince. As it is fairly busy, Vlad was concerned about arrivals being too close to us, so we weren't feeling too comfy leaving Rubicon unattended. This might be partially due to our being new in the anchorage, partially because it was very windy with gusts in the anchorage up to 25-30 knots, and partly because a Swedish solo sailor in a small sailboat anchored too closely in front of us the first night, right over our anchor( making it hard for us to pull it up to leave) and then he started dragging in the darkness, right towards us!!!! Vlad had a bad feeling that this would happen so had been hyper vigilant that evening, and had been watching for it, thankfully. So our shouts woke him up, and he motored away to anchor elsewhere. Having a loud voice that carries, is certainly an advantage in this situation:)

We went over to Hillsborough Bay, and anchored there for a night, but it was very windy, and because of that we weren't happy to take a mooring on Sandy Island, which is a marine preserve with reportedly excellent snorkling. I was dropped off in town, and it was a place from another time. At first I was a bit intimidated, and then I relaxed and realized that everyone was very kind and the place just wasn't a tourist trap. The ladies selling produce were very nice and I got golden apples, tomatoes and plantain. Oh, and some limes. I checked out the supermarkets. Sparse but with some welcome surprises(granola). There was a shop called Patti's Deli that had excellent cold cuts, cheese, and other upmarket products( for a price). I bought fresh bread out of a van on the street, and then got a ride back to Rubicon when Vlad picked me up in the tender from the town dock. The rickety metal stairs leading down to the dinghy dock were a bit anxiety producing, when the top stair bobbed under the weight of my feet, but the rest were a tad more stable, and I made it down in one piece. Over all, I would have liked to be in this bay with calmer weather. One could beach the dinghy on the lovely beach in town, and play with the kids and have a picnic, but it was just too rough. Perhaps on our way back, or at another time in the future.

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