Carriacou soaking

We actually regretted having already ‘cleared out’ of the Grenadines as Chatham Bay was such a pretty and sheltered anchorage, we would have liked to spend a lazy day there.

We did have time before we left for a swim in the crystal clear water and I used the brilliant (although I do say so myself) diving gear described elsewhere but (to be brief) utilising a Hozelock pond aerator pump………., to clean the hull and propeller.

In the event we had a good sail to Hillsborough, Carriacou but as we approached we could see heavy rain over the island. Although we missed this downpour, rain was to be a feature of the afternoon. The clearing in and back out again was a long winded affair as, although we had filled in all the forms ‘on line’, the system was down so the double forms had to be done manually. This coupled with wrong forms, forgotten forms and missing forms meant that I must have trekked across the road between Customs and Immigration half a dozen times.

The Grenada jurisdiction documentation is a slight cut above the St. Vincent and St. Lucia paperwork as they have ‘no carbon required’ forms!

After a longer than expected shelter from the rain (in a bar…..) we returned to Hejira in another downpour and motored ‘round the corner’ to the popular Tyrrel Bay where we dropped the anchor in space close inshore, courtesy of our variable draft. We are so close to the beach, we have to hope that the bars don’t pump out reggae into the early hours.

Paula, Lynn and Neville are being a little circumspect following last night’s consumption and are all sat in the cockpit reading books, not keen to make a contribution.

Nick