We truly enjoyed our stay at the Tobago Cays and are already planning our visit next season. In my last post I said we’d be moving to Union Island on April 1st – well that plan changed! Sharron and John couldn’t make it down to the Tobago Cays until April 1st so we waited an extra day to be able to see them again. That morning the waves played an April Fool’s joke on us – they picked up from the north and caused us to be very rolly on our mooring ball. We ended up moving into the cut between Petit Bateau and Petit Rameau and grabbed another mooring ball. This new spot was perfect – no roll and quite calm. It was also super close to the bbq beach on Petit Rameau.
After we were settled on our new mooring ball, we went back out to the east side reefs to do a bit of snorkeling. These reefs are more wide open and can be rough but we got lucky and the wind wasn’t too bad. Again the coral reefs were in rough shape – warmer ocean water temps and frequent hurricanes are causing major damage to the Caribbean coral. The fish life however was spectacular. We saw lots of fish – many sizes and colours. It was super cool to swim around the fairly shallow coral and see so many tropical fish. We spent over an hour exploring this area before we headed back for lunch.
Sharron and John made it down in the early afternoon and we had a little happy hour with them before heading over to the bbq. Our dinner was very good and we had some yummy rum punch to drink. Mark enjoyed a lobster dinner while I had their ribs. It was a great way to end our stay in this beautiful area.
Today April 2nd we were up early and were underway by 7:45am. We made the short trip to Union Island in a little over an hour. This island is the last one in the Grenadines so cruisers often stop here to clear out when heading further south. That’s exactly what we did (plus we did a little bit of grocery shopping). Customs and immigration was busy and it took a bit of time to get all the paperwork completed. We were back on the boat and underway a little after 11 am. It was another great sailing day and we had all sails up. The wind was from behind so we had a very nice sail – as Mark likes to say – it was brochure sailing (what people picture when they think of sailing in the Caribbean). It was only about 12nm to Tyrell Bay, Carriacou so we were anchored in the bay by 1 pm. Mark went to shore to check us into Grenada (Carriacou is part of Grenada) while I organized the boat.
Carriacou was hit by Hurricane Beryl back in 2024 causing catastrophic damage to the island. 95 – 98% of the buildings were destroyed and all infrastructure was gone. We’ve watched videos of the destruction and it was unbelievable. The island has recovered with about 80% of the buildings rebuilt but they still have a ways to go. It would be very interesting to explore this island (and help support their efforts by spending some money here), unfortunately we will only be here tonight because we are jumping down to Grenada in the morning (April 3rd). It will be another early start because tomorrow’s trip is about 40nm. Should be another good sailing day!!
Crimson Kathryn and her crew 