Carriacou

We left Clifton this morning after I had gone in and chatted with the ladies at Erika’s Marine Services about WiFi Hot Spot issues.  Found a piece of LMR-400 hard line (coax) that had a bad connector on it and the antenna center pin was damaged.  The site is working better than most of the others that we have used in the Caribbean.  We used Skype, streamed some video, downloaded some files, etc.  Logged in and added the “Union Island” description after the HotHotHotSpot! So now the SSID come up correctly as HotHotHotSpot! Union Island.

We pulled out at 10:30 headed for Hillsborough, Carriacou where we clear in to Grenada.  Each time we clear in and out here I use a form that I downloaded from the Grenada Government website that I modified so that it is a fillable .pdf file.  The only thing I change on the form now is inbound or outbound, date/time of arrival, and date, print 4 copies and go in to Immigration.  There is ALWAYS a full line at the counter filling out forms.  I really enjoy walking in, handing my completed forms and passports to the Immigration Officer and getting them back in less than 5 minutes while the people in line wonder if I’m related to the Prime Minister or something!

Photo of the form – here is a copy of the Grenada Customs Form , it really makes life easy.  This is the easiest clearance in the Islands, even those French ones where you have to enter your info each/every time……

After clearing in I walked down to Patty's Deli  and picked up some great coldcuts and a baguette.  I called Lesley on CH 16 and she scooted in and picked me up and we were off to Tyrrel Bay.

As we passed by the no anchor area near Sandy Island (Sandy Island Oyster Bed Marine Protected Area) we though it really strange that cruising/charter boats have to take a mooring but that a Windjammer “Mandalay” was anchoring!  Guess it's size that matters……  Looking at some of the photos of the boat that we took the boat might have been clothes optional and it was all men!

We arrived Tyrrel Bay and washed and rinsed the boat thoroughly – boat soap and fresh water rinse – then dried her off and are now relaxing.  We plan to stay here till late next week then will head down to Port Louis Marina where we will start pre-provisioning for next year and start to decommission the boat.  We always try to be in Port Louis on Friday as they have an excellent Texas BBQ – Brisket with 4 sauces, beans, salad, yum…..