Welcome to Xmas in Prickly Bay , Grenada
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| Dodgy Dock True Blue Grenada |
Arriving in December
to live on board Wyuna we were warmly welcomed by yachty friends in Prickly Bay,
a safe anchorage, full of yachts heading nth/sth. Prickly is surrounded by
hillside residences and favourite eateries revamped for the season.
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| Wyuna being launched |
James from Harlequinn helped Bruce launch Wyuna in the
water. We visited friends for drinks on board ‘as you do’ to catch up on their travels
and plans. At True Blue resort we joined Roni and James at happy hour for margarita’s
and enjoyed funny travel stories over dinner.
Cruisers radio net on
VHF starts at 7.30am so we wake every day, to weather, treasures of the bilge
and events to go to. The first week Gina went to the farmers market and came home with a bag
full of; star fruit, guava jelly, yellow passion-fruit, beetroot cake, mango,
nutmegs, coconut and huge avocado's.
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| Tikki Bar with Alan & Jean |
By dinghy we headed
for a pizza night with Jean and Alan off Tuatara, listening to the steel band, One Love and hearing of their sail from Trinidad.
A relaxed way to settle back into cruising life in the Caribbean.
Think Grenada, West Indies, dinghy’s, barges, steel drums, blue water, floating
bar, afternoon sun. The 10th
Dinghy party was all this. A group of us took the Bus to La Phare Bleu resort, water
taxi to the party barge, rafted up to a tug and on we leapt. The Wizards played
typical Grenadian, reggae beats, and everyone loved the rhythm, til sunset when our barge floated us back to
dock. See us on YouTube Why not a St Kilda RMYS annual raft up event?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XaDutbubxUU.
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| Off to Christmas Lunch |
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| Lobster lunch |
Linda and John invited
us for Xmas lunch on Kool Kat with six friends. We cooked 3 crayfish to go with
cognac mayo sauce and Chilean champagne to celebrate, wore Santa hats, and ate delicious
roast ham and american bakes. Full to the brim had a lazy afternoon lying on
the trampoline.
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| Underwater Sculpters Grenada |
We were hanging out
to swim off the boat, on 27 Dec we motored 5miles nth to Dragon Bay (west
coast), Grenada to find underwater sea sculptures. Luckily we got an overnight mooring
in the marine park. Bruce jumped in
excited to try out his new Gopro action video camera- here’s a still of the peoples
circle.
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| My what big teeth you have |
Island hopping Nth we
crossed the first island passage to Tyrell Bay, Carriacou the next day, as
predicted the Christmas winds were 23knts NE so we bashed into it for 7 hrs. Go Cat -Wyuna sat flat
in the water making it an easy shake out cruise. Caught a Barracuda too but threw it back without a
kiss. Have you seen their teeth?
For 5 months we forgot how beautiful these volcanic islands are to sail and how quickly heavy outbursts of
rain come. No sweat, the water is 27C and day time temp 29-32C, humidity 70-90%
but the cool breezes on anchor save us from melting.
We like revisiting favourite places so far. The Lambi Queen
on Carriacou island a local Lobster BBQ restaurant on the waterfront was our
pick for New Year. We got into the spirit drinking rum punches, Bruce and l
daggy danced calypso along with everyone in the street til 1 pm and then watched
the fire trucks speed past to a nearby fire (maybe a flare landed?).
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| Sandy Island Carriacou |
On 2 Jan
we took a mooring overnight at Sandy Island, a postcard spot, with mega yachts
as neighbours. We snorkeled ashore early
morning to the north tip reef. Never before have we seen such a variety of fish
in one small area; trumpet fish, squid, parrot, grunts, spotted flounder and some
unknown.
A dreamy sea vista!!
The next day Christmas winds picked up and we took shelter
overnight, then rose early for a 30 mile sail for 7 hrs in choppy seas. Coming into Bequia,
the Friendship Rose an old wooden ferry was under sail.
In Bequia we’re
anchored off the prettiest island village and Princess Margaret golden beach,
and can walk along the waterfront to town. Weather rules, it’s very windy. Worst
of all, our anchor hasn't dug into the sand, we dragged overnight too close to
other boats so re-anchored We’ll stay put til these winds drop out.
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| Fish Friday Menu |
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| Fish Friday Grenada |
Oh well, you can’t beat reading a book, hair
braiding, talking to English tourists, trying lambi fritters and snorkeling with the turtle who feeds on sea grass below.
We’re mostly verrrry
relaxed and relishing in being amongst friendly local people.
The next day Christmas winds picked up and we took shelter
overnight, then rose early for a 30 mile sail for 7 hrs in choppy seas. Coming into Bequia,
the Friendship Rose an old wooden ferry was under sail.
