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Back in Carriacou, Grenada

by steve, on July 2nd, 2009 (Bequia, Carriacou, Tracks)

We had an exciting sail down from Bequia to Carriacou today. We sailed on the lee side of all the Grenadines and with the wind from the ENE made an easy turn onto Carriacou. We hooked three fish along the way but ALL three got away. I changed the hooks on the lure that was being successful but then our ‘luck’ ran out.

We checked in at Hillsborough then made our way round the corner to Tyrell Bay where we’ll hang out through the forecasted bad weather for the next few days. Where II are here so no doubt there will be beers involved with this stay.

Now that we’ve changed countries it’s time to publish our recent tracks. These are our tracks for our recent stint in St Vincent and the Grenadines.


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Dinner

by steve, on June 14th, 2009 (Carriacou)

The dinner at Bogles Round House was delicious. We dinghied ashore and found our way to the restaurant by the light of our dimming torch. Inside there was room for four tables. Along one side was a bench with the main support being and enormous lower jawbone of a whale. From the pics you can see the building is made of stone and wood with various wagon wheels and iron spider webs forming the windows.

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.

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Bogles

by KC2RIY, on June 14th, 2009 (Carriacou)

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.

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Petite Martinique

by steve, on June 13th, 2009 (Petite Martinique)

After feeling settled we went ashore to explore the area near the dock. We had heard that Petite Martinique has good prices for fuel, food and wine and with Martinique in the name we were not without some hope of something a little exotic too.

The diesel turned out to be 10% cheaper than Grenada but food/wine was neither bountiful, exotic nor cheaper than elsewhere. We picked up some basics (including some wine) and headed back to the boat.

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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Anchored off Petite Martinique?

by steve, on June 12th, 2009 (Petite Martinique)

We received a call from Andy of In Stitches to say he stayed up last night to finish the stitching on our head sail. That meant I was able to bring it back and the two of us put it back on and set sail well before lunchtime.

We sailed / motorsailed round to Petite Martinique where anchored once, ate lunch, anchored again, dragged a good way and settled. I’ve been in the water watching the anchor set. Not the best ground but we now seem firm. We’re now waiting for the latest raincloud to pass by and to see if we’ve really set before heading ashore to have a look around. On the way over we spectacular caught no fish but we did momentarily catch a fishing buoy and lost yet another lure in the process. I’m getting the feeling I need to learn how to make my own.

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