Northwards in small steps

Just as we left Prickly Bay in Grenada, our venerable Raymarine multi-function more or less gave up the ghost, leaving us without charting and radar. Since we use Navionics on IPad / IPhone for electronic charts, it was not a disaster, but we recalibrated our itinerary to day sailing only to account for the missing radar.

Baby Step Day One Jan 15 2014
We moved just a few miles in Grenada from Prickly Bay to the anchorage in front of Port Louis. The lovely dinner at BB's Crabback was somewhat offset by an extremely rolly night.

Day Two Jan 16 2014

An upwind passage to Carriacou's Tyrrel Bay, where we enjoyed two long and busy breakfasts at the newly opened Gallery Cafe, a comfortable, cheery place with nice food and a great internet connection. We cleared out of Grenada at the recently added Tyrrel Bay Customs. We cooked a lobster two ways (queue de langouste sautée au pernod -- and lobster water). We ate a great burger and vegetarian pasta at the Slipway restaurant. We also bought a giant, fresh ciabatta! Tyrrel Bay has definitely come up in the world.

Day Four Jan 18 2014
A short and fairly brutish upwind passage to Clifton Harbour, Union Island, where we proudly performed  "french style" anchoring in the crowded anchorage in 25kt wind. Clifton Harbour is still beautiful, and Happy Island is still -- happy!

We went ashore to visit the fruit and vegetable ladies and to clear into St. Vincent, and cooked a vegetarian meal of eggplant and onion curry.


Day Five Jan 19 2014
A quick hop from Union Island to Charleston Bay, Canouan. We had skipped Canouan in the last few seasons, finding it a bit less friendly than other islands, but this time we had a nice walk, nice chats with locals and tried the excellent local restaurant Mangrove -- the Tamarind Beach has been bought by the casino/resort corporation that owns half the island. 

We walked to the windward side and saw a fishing complex built by the Japanese a few years back. Obviously, the Queen Conch is still abundant.  In the background, you can see Mayreau with Union behind it.