To Prickly Bay

Stefano Rivera — Sun, 15 Aug 2021 00:00:00 GMT

We set off past London Bridge, a rock with a hole in it:

And sailed down the windward side of Grenada, to Prickly Bay, in the South, where we were scheduled to haul out.

The anchorage was pretty crowded, but we found a spot near our friend Mark, on Pom. And went out for dinner with him and the brokers we bought the yacht through, and another happy client of theirs.

It wasn't very protected in Prickly Bay. A rainstorm hit the bay, and we spun dangerously close to a neighbour, our dinghy probably bumped into it on the way round. Later in the storm, our anchor chain was pulling directly under this neighbour's keel, looking like it could be scraping on it. No damage done, it was all fine in the morning, but a terrible night's sleep.

I don't have any desire to anchor in Prickly Bay again.

Time on the water: 4:50
Distance covered: 29.8nm
Avg speed: 6.2kts
Max speed: 9.2kts

Navionics Track

Finally! Out of Quarantine

Stefano Rivera — Sat, 14 Aug 2021 00:00:00 GMT

After a long overnight passage, taking a day off to do nothing isn't hard. And being required to take a few more for quarantine was just as easy.

But the ticking clock of our return to Canada meant we were very happy to be able to move again.

Finally, with our long-awaited PCR test results, we were freed from quarantine, and able to check into Grenada. So, after the formalities, we started to head down to the main island of Grenada.

We were only able to leave fairly late in the day, so stopped in Corn Store Bay at Ronde Island, for the night. This is a tiny little anchorage, with space for maybe 5 yachts, off an uninhabited island, near the north tip of Grenada.

On the way down, I recorded some silly video segments for the DebConf 21 Online conference opening.

To our surprise, our friends on Atmospheric were anchored in the bay, so we got to say goodbye, before our haul-out.

Time on the water: 1:49
Distance covered: 11.5nm
Avg speed: 6.2kts
Max speed: 11kts

Navionics Track

Sail Aweh (Posts about ronde-island)

To Prickly Bay

Finally! Out of Quarantine