In the Cays. No net. Peace.
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After a quiet afternoon and evening we checked out of Grenada this morning and headed over to Union to check into St Vincent and the Grenadines. After a quick lunch we sailed over to Palm Island for a look see. We are there right now but it’s a little too rolly to stay the night so we’ll be leaving soon for the Tobago Cays where we’re likely to be off the net for a few days. For now, here are our tracks from our first stint in Grenada. View 2009 Grenada 1 in a larger map
We both had French Onion Soup for appetizers – perhaps the best we’ve ever tasted. For main course Helen had a Tiger Prawn Creole and I had a Lamb Shank. As with all good restaurant food the presentation was wonderful but the portions never quite large enough. Although I was sorely tempted to try their chocolate cake for desert, we decided to have banana flambé back aboard Dignity while sipping sparkling wine we’d bought earlier.
This morning our anchorage became a little rolly so we move a short way south to calmer waters. Tomorrow we’ll check out of Grenadian waters and head over to Union. Today we’ll just relax.
The weather calmed enough this morning for us to fuel Dignity and head back to Carriacou. For the math/engineering heads here are some stats. We took on board 81.4 gallons of diesel. The last time we refueled was 117 days ago in Dominica. In that time we’ve run the engine for 99.4 hours. This means we’ve run the generator on average 0.85 hours per day at a rate of consumption of 0.82 gallons of diesel per hour. This covers all our motoring, laundry, water making and household use. The week we were away is counted but this is canceled out by the extra hours spent motoring as a result of the recent maintenance tests. All in all, not bad I think. Recent activity, now that we’re not using the freezer but using the laptops a lot more, has brought the hours per day down to around 0.7. We’re currently anchored north of Hillsborough close to the Bogles Round House restaurant where we have booked dinner for this evening. Bit of a splash for us but what the hell. It should be good. We’re looking forward to this. We’ve had a walk into Hillsborough this afternoon, about 30-40 mins each way, to stretch our legs. We’ll stay anchored here for the weekend before checking out of Grenada on Monday. No internet connection so back to SSB.
The diesel turned out to be After watching a couple of old TV shows we checked our position before going to bed. We had dragged 50ft since our last check. As it was dark we weren’t going to reanchor unless it was a real emergency so we put out an extra 40ft of chain giving us 10:1 scope for the night. I also dug out my old portable GPS and set it beside our bed with an alarm set in case we moved too far in the night. We were awakened before dawn to pouring rain, lightning, thunder and winds between 20 and 30 knots gusting higher at times. Fortunately our anchor had held firm overnight, there had been no further dragging. As of writing the rains have stopped and the winds died down somewhat but the sky is still very grey and overcast. The forecast is for more of the same and more rain later. It is the rainy season after all. We had planned a walk around the island this morning before fueling and heading back to Carriacou. Not too sure about the walk right now. Today is our 23rd wedding anniversary. There’s a chance we’ll spend it stuck here but hopefully we’ll get away and have a nice meal out.
In the meantime, here are some pictures taken and digitally processed by John last Xmas, New Year. |
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