22/02/09, Tyrrel Bay, Carriacou
So this is from inside Snagg's, looking out to sea...
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22/02/09, Tyrrel Bay, Carriacou
We were strolling along the beach when we came across this place, called Snagg's, the guy (Snagg's) was lying in the hammock chatting to this local American couple, we decided to go in and have a beer. It was very interesting chatting to him and the couple, the couple say he is very well known for his cooking and especially crayfish/lobster, unfortunately he only does it on Sunday's or if in a group, so we will have to get a group together, as it sounds like a treat.
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22/02/09, Tyrrel Bay, Carriacou
This is a pic of the anchorage at Hillsborough, where we would have to check out before moving on to Union Island, which can be seen in the distance....
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22/02/09, Tyrrel Bay, Carriacou
We had to make a trip into the capital, Hillsborough, to book my plane ticket back to Grenada, to catch my plane back to Angola. We caught the bus (looks like a SA taxi), very friendly people, we had a great day in town.
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22/02/09, Tyrrel Bay, Carriacou
Just another sunset....in Tyrrel Bay.
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22/02/09, Tyrrel Bay, Carriacou
Anchored in paradise, Tyrrel Bay is a beautiful bay with the colours in the water. Once we were anchored, I dived on the anchor to make sure it was in properly, which it was, then swam around the boat and noticed that our Maxprop was damaged, one of the blades had the tip missing...hence the slow progress when motoring, so will have to change that.
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21/02/09, St George's, Grenada
Another shot of sunset.....
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21/02/09, St George's, Grenada
It was just.........
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21/02/09, St Georges, Grenada
So once anchored......our first real Caribbean anchorage, we both dived off for a swim and then it looked like a perfect evening, so decided to light a fire for a braai. It did turn out to be the most perfect evening for a first Caribbean anchorage, full moon....no wind....smooth calm waters...a braai and rum!!!
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21/02/09, St Georges, Grenada
After a great day out sailing, we headed in towards St Georges. This is a view of St Georges on our approach. St Georges does have a lagoon area inside the harbour to anchor, but we decided to anchor off outside for the night.
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21/02/09, Grenada
So with the wind blowing a bit, we exited the channel to Clarkes Court Bay and set course to round the SW point of Grenada and onto St Georges for an overnight stop. We had a great sail, and could not believe we were actually day sailing in the Caribbean and not just outside Richards Bay harbour....it all felt worth it at that moment.
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21/02/09, Clarkes Court Bay Marina, Grenada
So then we ended our day round trip of Grenada, having sundowners on our friends, John & Shirley's boat, in True Blue Bay, this time with a bit more sun around.
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21/02/09, Clarkes Court Bay Marina
This is a view of the West coast coastline.... a lot more protected, nice calm waters.
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21/02/09, Clarkes Court Bay Marine, Grenada
This is a better view from the restaurant, "Almost Paradise". This is the waters we plan to cross to get to Carriacou.
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21/02/09, Clarkes Court Bay Marine, Grenada
So during our circumnavigation of the island, we stopped off in Almost Paradise......this is the name of the restaurant. It is right up on the north of the island, and looks over a few small un-inhabitated islands and also onto Carriacou in the distance. This picture does not show it all. What it does show is the unusual restaurant, very small but a great view, they have, like sliced log table tops, and have accommodation here as well. It is run by a German couple( I think), very friendly people. The food was very well presented and had a lot of flavour.....but for me not enough for the price.
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21/02/09, Clarkes Court Bay Marine, Grenada
Some of the east coast coastline.
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21/02/09, Clarkes Court Bay Marina
This is a pic of a village we drove through on the East coast, I think it was Grenville.
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20/02/09, Clarkes Court Bay Marina, Grenada
This is again a pic from the restaurant, showing some of the beautiful houses surrounding True Blue Bay and Prickly Bay.
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20/02/09, Clarkes Court Bay Marina, Grenada
A pic from the restaurant in True Blue Bay, with our friends, John & Shirley's boat on the left of picture.
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20/02/09, Clarkes Court Bay Marina, Grenada
True Blue Bay we thought was one of the nicer bays to be anchored in, it was small but beautiful. It has a dive shop, restaurant with wooden walkways over the water. Our friends John & Shirley enjoyed anchoring here. It was part of our plan to anchor here but our plans changed, but hope to still go back there.
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20/02/09, Clarkes Court Bay Marina, Grenada
Having a drink at the Prickly Bay Yacht Club outside bar. The Immigration & Customs are situated right there, just behind the bar.
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20/02/09, Clarkes Court Bay Marina, Grenada
This is a pic of Prickly Bay, during our exploring with the vehicle. Prickly Bay is one of the official clearing in ports, the anchorage looked protected but the boats were rolling quite a bit.
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20/02/09, Clarkes Court Bay Marina, Grenada
This is some of Pizzazz's Xmas decorations before removing, we planned on a lot more, but with our trip being a bit....rough.....this was it...
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20/02/09, Clarkes Court Bay Marina, Grenada
So I arrived back on a very clean and shining Pizzazz, Glyn had done a fantastic job cleaning her up, so was ready to go sailing again. On my return I hired a vehicle for 3 days so we could do some exploring, we got a very cute 2 door Jeep, and we drove around St Georges, Prickly Bay, True Blue Bay and visited all the yacht shops on the Saturday. Then on Sunday we circumnavigated the Island and had lunch at "Nearly Paradise", then all the way back and paid a visit to our friends, John & Shirley, who were anchored off in True Blue Bay, which is a really nice bay. On the Monday we did all our provisioning for our trip north. Pizzazz in red in the foreground.
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14/01/09, Clarkes Court Bay Marina, Grenada
So this is our new home for the following 5-6 months or so, the marina where Pizzazz is moored is on the right. This area is quite remote and very quiet. To go shopping we have to get a taxi from the marina, which costs about EC$40 one way, once we got a "local" taxi and it cost us EC$25........Glyn has recently heard that on Friday's, there is an organised taxi that fetches people for shopping for 2-3 hours and only costs EC$10. We hear we can cross the bay with the dingy, and can catch a local bus or taxi from the local rum shop....will have to go and investigate.....So now looking forward to do some serious relaxing...snorkelling....and....what ever!!!!!!
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14/01/09, Clarkes Court Bay Marina, Grenada
This is a shot to give some idea of some of the local houses around....
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14/01/09, Clarkes Court Bay Marina, Grenada
This Cruise Liner was just leaving, but some beautiful boats around....
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14/01/09, Clarkes Court Bay Marina, Grenada
One of the days before I left, the three of us, our friend Barbara, Glyn & myself, got a taxi and did a bit of sightseeing before doing a shop for Glyn. We went to the St Georges Yacht Club and had a lunch and beer. The colours in the water just don't look the same on a photo.........
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14/01/09, Clarkes Court Bay Marina, Grenada
This is some of what we have been dreaming about..........
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12/01/09, Grenada
After 22 days we finally see Grenada. Early morning on the 1st Jan we thought with the wind we had, the boat speed on the log and the miles to cover, we would not make it in before dark but by 10:00 I noticed that the log was showing 4-5 knots but the GPS was showing 6-7 knots over the ground, we decided that we may just make it in so increased our sail plan and got moving at 7-8 knots but with 13 miles to go and the land well in sight, we had to abort and stay out at sea for another night, we docked at 10:00am on the 2nd January.
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Glad to read yous are doing well.
We are back in SA for good, well sort of. I (Brian) arrived in JHB in June 2008 and headed to Zimbabwe for a contract. MMMMmm Yvonne arrived back at the end of October. Due to circumstance in Zim I was pulled off site and the contract ended so back to looking for work, at least we are back in SA. We have been up to Imagine and though she is need of TLC, she is doing fine and it is great to be back on her.
Wishing you both the all the best for 2009 and may the elements be good to you and Pizzazz.
Please keep in touch
Best wishes
Brian & Yvonne
12/01/09, Brazil to Grenada
We were surprised at the amount of traffic we came across being 300 to 400 miles off the coast of Brazil, we even saw 2 tugs towing a Oil Rig past, this was 400 miles off the Amazon.
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12/01/09, Brazil to Grenada
So at least we still had Xmas presents to look forward to......
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12/01/09, Brazil to Grenada
Then on Xmas eve we got one of our worst storms ever. This is where I steered the boat for about an hour, thinking it was just another squall, but eventually I got so exhausted, we decided to hove to, and packed everything in the cockpit inside, we both went below and shut & locked the main hatch. We both sat and watched it for a while but we were both so tired, so we had 1 hour on and one hour off duties. This lasted for over 30 hours, before we saw any signs of it lifting......
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12/01/09, Brazil to Grenada
This sunset was very unusual, it looked unbelievable.....but did it mean something........
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12/01/09, Brazil to Grenada
Then we started getting a breeze again, and sailing with he dodger down, hatches open.....felt great.
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12/01/09, Brazil to Grenada
Yes we did also get some rain while motoring through the doldrums
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12/01/09, Brazil to Grenada
No wind......no swell....just peace and quite
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Is this the calm before the storm? Luv Francois & Mads
12/01/09, Brazil to Grenada
Then we got to the doldrums where there was no wind and we had to do a lot of motoring. It is an unbelievable feeling sitting out at sea, far away from anything, no wind, flat water and no engine......so quite and peaceful....very special, but then when sailing on a schedule........after a few days it can become frustrating.
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12/01/09, Brazil to Grenada
Then we crossed the equator and had to do the ceremony, we made up the necessary attire with cardboard and tin foil....
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12/01/09, Brazil to Grenada
We also had some really great sunsets....and the boat sailing along at a nice speed on flat seas...
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12/01/09, Brazil to Grenada
It was just wonderful sailing....
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12/01/09, Brazil to Grenada
So the first week we had some great sailing, as per the brochure.....
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01/11/08, Argentina
It was magnificent.......
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01/11/08, Argentina
Then we were off to the Iguazu Falls which is something to see. We spent 3 days here at the Sheraton Hotel which is located on the Argentinian side, and within the National Park, which was great as it was all just within walking distance to see it all. We went on a boat ride that took us right into the falls, where you get soaked...but was fun, our trip included a ride down the river and then they dropped us off and then got onto a safari truck and then toured through the thick bush of the National Park.
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01/11/08, Argentina
Our evening out to dinner and Tango show was very enjoyable....including our Tango lesson......
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Looks like we are just behind you!! We look forward to following your blog! Brazil sounds fun.
01/11/08, BA, Argentina
The shopping is unbelievable and the mall's are really something to see.
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01/11/08, Argentina
This used to be the old harbour, the buildings on the left were all warehouses, but now expensive restaurants, but some beautiful yachts around....
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01/11/08, Argentina
Another pic of the buildings in Buenos Aires
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10/09/08, Buzios, Brazil
Then all good things have to come to an end, so I am now back in Angola, Glyn in Benoni, South Africa until the 2nd October when our next adventure will take place.
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We are really looking forward to starting the journey as well.
Thinkung of you guys lots
Francois & mads
Benoni rocks!!!
Benoni rocks!!!
10/09/08, Buzios, Brazil
Buzios has many bay's with many great beaches. On this beach, just where the water laps up onto the beach, it was like somebody had dropped gold dust, we could not believe it, we tried taking photo's of it but it was for our eyes only..
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