Goodbye Petit Saint Vincent & the Grenadines
After leaving Mustique we sailed down the Windward side of the Tobago Cays to Petit Saint Vincent for the night on the way to Carriacou and Grenada. Pete had not been with us last year when we visited the Grenadines and Di had not seen the area at all, and we had done all our travelling on the western side of the reef.
We had a great sail and a good view of several little anchoring sites on the way if we ever wanted to come back. You may wonder why we take so many photos of odd islands but if you don’t you can never remember them, and some days it is too windy to stop and other days it is flat calm. Also sometimes there are great rock formations like Savan rock which looks like one thing from the north but something else entirely from the south!!
Anyway here are some of the nooks and crannies of the trip.
Back Through the Reef
We came back in through the Martinique Channel past Mopion, the Conch Shell Island and Punaise. Mopion is a favourite spot for cruisers and day trippers as it has lovely snorkelling and a little shelter on it to have lunch. See the 2022 blog https://kiwiflyingfish.com/2022/03/carriacou-petit-martinique/ We did not anchor this time as it was much windier than the photos show. The wind was great for sailing but not for anchoring in the open. We decided to look for shelter behind Petit St Vincent.
Petit St Vincent
We had called ahead for a reservation at the restaurant but Petit Saint Vincent was shut for renovations – end of the season again. When we arrived Di and I went for a snorkel. Di decided that there was no one staying on the island so no one would notice if she went for a walk, but a security guard turned up immediately and restated the policy that you could only walk on the beach not down all the private paths!! Back to the water.
The setting was very peaceful and we had a lovely evening. In the morning we were off to Carriacou and sailed past Petite Martinique but did not stop. We had stopped there in 2022. see https://kiwiflyingfish.com/2022/03/carriacou-petit-martinique/
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