23/6/2011
Salt whistle bay has got to be one of the most special anchorages in the Caribbean. As such, it tends to get overcrowded at times, and often with inexperienced bare boat charter boats. Fortunately, these folk are often on a limited time route march, and regardless of weather, they have to move on. We enjoyed a few days there, waiting for a good time to visit the
Cays.
We all walked up to an old church, the highest point on the island, to look over the Cays, Saline Bay, Union etc, and to have breakfast at the Sunshine Bar and restaurant.
We all had a very refreshing R25 glass of juice, before enquiring about how long the breakfast would take, as we could see the rain clouds building.
“Oh, my Golly Gosh…… Breakfast!!” Said the owner. “ I have no more eggs or bacon…. All I have got is juice! Sold out of eggs and bacon y
esterday!”
Mary and I elected to hot foot it back to the boat, as we had stupidly, and unusually, left the boat hatches open! Jeremy said “You won’t make it before the squall!”, and he was right! We got about half way down the mountain before the heavens opened, and we were drenched. By the time we got down to the dinghy on the beach at
Salt
Whistle Bay, the sun was shining, and Mary had won the “wet T shirt competition!” 
Fortunately, the squall was short and sharp, and the boat was not too wet.
The following morning we went round to the Cays, where we dived with the Green Back turtles, that seemed oblivious to our presence, and also dived the outer reef, in lovely clear water, with shoals of reef fish, and the odd ray or shark. It was just as well we packed so much in on day one, because the rain came down in buckets the next day. We felt for Sheldon, and the crew of Nexus, a 60ft RSA catamaran, as the rain squall dropped its load. They were anch
ored next to us on a 3 day Grenadine charter, having to cover as much as possible in the 3 days. 
We sailed on round to Chatham Bay on Union, enjoying a really nice, fast reach
in flat water, picking up a Barracuda along the way. Chatham is a wide open, well protected Bay, with minimal services…. which suits us! The water is clear, and the beach long enough for a good walk! Boobies, pelicans and ju
mping fish surround the boats , and our neighbour l
anded a bonito spinning from his foredeck.
On the following Monday, we headed round to Clifton , to check out of St Vincent and the Grenadines, and sailed down to Hillsborough, Carriacou, to check in once again, to “Grenada and Carriacou” .Bureacracy completed, we continued round to Tyrrell Bay to await the arrival of Jervon, who had elected to go via Petite Martinique, before coming to Tyrrell Bay
Salt whistle bay has got to be one of the most special anchorages in the Caribbean. As such, it tends to get overcrowded at times, and often with inexperienced bare boat charter boats. Fortunately, these folk are often on a limited time route march, and regardless of weather, they have to move on. We enjoyed a few days there, waiting for a good time to visit the
Cays.We all walked up to an old church, the highest point on the island, to look over the Cays, Saline Bay, Union etc, and to have breakfast at the Sunshine Bar and restaurant.
We all had a very refreshing R25 glass of juice, before enquiring about how long the breakfast would take, as we could see the rain clouds building.
“Oh, my Golly Gosh…… Breakfast!!” Said the owner. “ I have no more eggs or bacon…. All I have got is juice! Sold out of eggs and bacon y
esterday!”Mary and I elected to hot foot it back to the boat, as we had stupidly, and unusually, left the boat hatches open! Jeremy said “You won’t make it before the squall!”, and he was right! We got about half way down the mountain before the heavens opened, and we were drenched. By the time we got down to the dinghy on the beach at
Salt
Whistle Bay, the sun was shining, and Mary had won the “wet T shirt competition!” 
Fortunately, the squall was short and sharp, and the boat was not too wet.
The following morning we went round to the Cays, where we dived with the Green Back turtles, that seemed oblivious to our presence, and also dived the outer reef, in lovely clear water, with shoals of reef fish, and the odd ray or shark. It was just as well we packed so much in on day one, because the rain came down in buckets the next day. We felt for Sheldon, and the crew of Nexus, a 60ft RSA catamaran, as the rain squall dropped its load. They were anch
ored next to us on a 3 day Grenadine charter, having to cover as much as possible in the 3 days. 
We sailed on round to Chatham Bay on Union, enjoying a really nice, fast reach
in flat water, picking up a Barracuda along the way. Chatham is a wide open, well protected Bay, with minimal services…. which suits us! The water is clear, and the beach long enough for a good walk! Boobies, pelicans and ju
mping fish surround the boats , and our neighbour l
anded a bonito spinning from his foredeck.On the following Monday, we headed round to Clifton , to check out of St Vincent and the Grenadines, and sailed down to Hillsborough, Carriacou, to check in once again, to “Grenada and Carriacou” .Bureacracy completed, we continued round to Tyrrell Bay to await the arrival of Jervon, who had elected to go via Petite Martinique, before coming to Tyrrell Bay
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