From Grenada we sailed north to Ronde Island it was a quite rolly anchorage, so we put out our Floppy Stopper, and then the stay became rather pleasant. It was our wedding day, 34 year of marriage not too bad.

Cava and caviar together with good friends at a nice anchorage can’t be much better. The day after, the trip continued to Tyrrell bay, Carriacou, where  we meet Camilla and Robin from Alba

There is a hurricane hole there in a mangrove “swamp”, we took the dinghies there, but unfortunately my photos from there seems to have vanished, or did I forgot to take photos? Often one take to many photos but some days/weeks I forgot to take photos!

Anyhow on Union Island we took some photos, first we anchored in Clifton bay, did not look that nice from distance but it had some charm.

Next day we proceeded to Chatham Bay, and had Langouster on the beach, but I think it was overpriced.

But the most important thing, the ladies aboard appreciated it much more.

Tobago Cays

Tobago Cays on the other hand was well appreciated by all aboard

We stayed two days and really enjoyed the time especially the nice snorkeling

But not too bad above the water either

After Tobago Cays we continued to Bequia, but again I forgot to take photos, maybe I start to get dementia, hope not, probably just a bit old.

Rodney Bay

Rodney Bay is also a classic stop, not only a huge anchorage but very cheap diesel as well, so we topped up our diesel tank, and all jerry cans with gasoline.

We took a half day tour with one of the Taxis there, the driver took us to a few places, the most memorable was the mud bath and a very nice local restaurant in Soufriere. Made a short YouTube video, hope you like to have a look.

On the way from Bequie up to St Lucia I wanted to stop at Chateaubelair bay, St Vincent, but I got some protest from my crew as they felt a bit unsure about the safety. A day after, we heard about a catamaran Simplicity which we are sure we have seen several times. They were bordered in Grenada and later murdered aboard their catamaran, which was found just outside Chateaubelair bay. A very sad and scary story fortunately the criminals were found very quickly in St Vincent. In general I think safety is not a big issue when out cruising, this time it was very bad luck, which could happen anywhere.

St Anne Martinique

our crew mustered off in St Anne, and we had dinner at the very special hole in the wall restaurant with probably no name on Rue Captaine Romain, just a few steps from La Dunette. They only serve two dishes’ Fish or shrimp croquettes, which taste great, to that we had white vine and you get a very small (one glass) bottle of vine. We strongly recommend you to visit the place, it got charm, cruisers, local people, good food and very reasonable prices, they open at 17:30 be prompt as it fills up very fast, but turnover is rather high so one do not need to wait to long to get a place.

Hear we get some tip from a local lady.

In St Anne we spend a few weeks due to waiting for a new flow meter to our water maker. During that time, we meet some old friends and made new friends.

Here we have a dingy meet with OCC cruisers.

Practise to fly the drone overt the huge anchorage

And finally bush craft fixing the water make.

Old flow meter, the new had a different thread for the tap to test the water, so piece of fuel hose, a piece of water hose and self amalgamating tape fixed it.

We stayed too long in St Anne, but had a nice time, always a pleasure to be in St Anne.

Our chain was very fouled.

Our new Anchor-wash pump got to work.

We have had problem with our Yamaha outboard, it was the carburettor who needed cleaning, I took it of and cleaned in maybe a half a dozen times, but still it did not run well at all. In Forte de France they have a Yamaha workshop with spare parts I thought we needed new gaskets and membranes for the carburettor. So we anchored in Anse de Mittan just opposite in the bay, rented a car and made a trip to the Yamaha place. They had what we were looking for.

And a very large outboard engine 450 hk!!!

Well I took of the carburettor, cleaned it again, put in new gaskets and pump membrane, but it did not helped, so off again, very very thorough cleaning AGAIN!!, now it works but still a bit grumpy on idel throttle. Before we transit the Panama canal I will make sure we have a spare carburettor, and a few other spares for the Yamaha, one is extremely dependant of the dinghy especially at remote places it’s a disaster if it does not work.

Next Stop Portsmouth, Dominica, where we attended the PAYS barbeque evening. Rather nice, talking to sailor,s having food, drinks, and finally dancing. We were one of the last to leave, very pleasant, but again very few photos.

Dingy dock Portsmouth

I can assure you that we took very many more photos on our next destination, Los Roques, Venezuela, which will be in our next blog.

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