August 14, 2014

Time to move on! We started preparing to move to Tyrrel Bay in Carriacou, still part of Grenada but one of the islands we missed on the way down.

During our preparations, we weighed anchor to go into GYC and top up with water. No wonder we held so well in the anchorage . . . look what we were hooked on to! A whopping hunk of dead coral! Leave it to us, if there is anything on the sea bed to get our anchor wrapped around, we'll find it.

 

Diana and Gilbert got to St. George anchorage this morning and also prepared to go to Tyrrel Bay with us. We had happy hour aboard their boat before retiring for the evening.

 

August 15, 2014

 

We weighed anchor at 0800. It was like having a shake down sail in the spring after a long winter as we had not sailed since arriving in Grenada on May 10. We did have an issue with the halyard for the main sail being wrapped around one of the spreaders but after an hour Jorge was able to free it and we started on our way.

 

By 1000 I was ready to call it quits. The wind was coming from ENE just where we were headed, gusts to 22 kts and rain! We pulled into Halifax Harbour, Grenada, with Diana and Gilbert right behind us. After reevaluating the situation and checking the weather again, it was decided to continue on to Tyrrel Bay. The rain stopped, the wind shifted a bit and diminished slightly and the rest of the day was quite uneventful. We arrived in Tyrrel Bay shortly before 1800, set anchor and had an early evening.

 

August 16, 2014

 

We had a lazy morning before meeting up with Diana and Gilbert and going ashore after lunch and wandering around. After supper, we visited with Diana and Gilbert aboard Serenada for euchre.

 

August 17, 2014

 

After lunch Jorge and I headed to shore to stretch our legs.



Tyrrel Bay anchorage from shore.

Jorge at Slipway Restaurant (Sunday afternoon everything closed early.)

 

We met up with Diana and Gilbert mid afternoon to explore the mangroves just to the side of Tyrrel Bay.

 

 

Checking out the mangroves with Diana and Gilbert.

More mangroves.

A great hurricane hole . . .

well maybe not for this boat!

Jellyfish with sea urchin.

Lazy Turtle Bar.

Dive shop owned by Canadians from Quebec.

Kim, Gilbert and Diana at Lazy Turtle Bar.

 

Tomorrow Jorge and I are planning on clearing out of Carriacou (Grenada) and going to Union Island to clear in and then to Tobago Cays. Diana and Gilbert are thinking of going around the other side of Carriacou. I'm sure we will meet up with them again!