WORLD is a few miles south and more protected (we thought) from the swell. We had the anchor down in a good spot, and dinghied in to the Carriacou boatyard, which has really good Internet, and a small café. Yumi and I caught up on email, while Steve and Viviana strolled up the beach. Clifton turned out to be rolly, too, so in the morning we decided to hightail it to Grenada. This was one of our best sails, another broad reach of about 30 miles toward St. George's. Given the swell, we called the Grenada Yacht Club to see if they had a spot for us, but the answer was no. Hmm. We ended up anchoring just south of Moliniere Point, near a marine park, and it turned out to be a lovely spot. In the morning, we motored over to Martins Bay, and dropped the hook again. We dinghied in to the North Careenage at St. George’s, and had a great meal at BB’s Crabback (1-473-435-7058 bbscrabback@hotmail.com). I love this bbscrabback@hotmail.com ART HARTINGER
tunes. At the party, we ran into our Bequia friend Kjell on Treviljor with his crew of friends, and we ended up dancing away into the night. In the morning, we cast off from the ball and motored a half hour or so to Chatham, on the west side of Union Island. Chatham Bay is one of my favorite bays in all of the Southern Caribbean, but this day was an exception. A northerly swell had set in, and it was quite rolly, with limited water visibility and even flotsam swirling about. We had a great anchoring spot, up in the north part of the bay, but it was rolly, rolly, rolly. Still, Yumi and I had sent a pair of shoes to our hiking guide from the year before, Alvin Douglas, and we were dying to see if he had received them. Soon, he appeared from nowhere, and we followed him in to the beach. Yes he did receive the shoes! We ended up having dinner with the Treviljor crew at the local place run by Seckie and Vanessa, which is right on
Captain Art strikes a pose above Grenada's idyllic St. George's Harbor — one of the last remaining examples of 'the old Caribbean.'
the beach. A fresh lobster dinner, rum punches, limbo dancing, and carousing ensued. (Call ahead to 1-784-531-6965 or email seckietours@gmail.com). seckietours@gmail.com We had 24 hours to clear after checking out at Clifton, so we needed to head to Carriacou, our next stop. It was a short sail, just about DDW to Hillsborough. This was subject to swells, so we decided to go directly to Tyrell Bay, which
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