07/21/2009, Bonaire
Just looking to see which way to the bar
We left Grenada at 8:00am on Sat. 7/18 and arrived at Bonaire at 10:15am on Tues 7/21. This was a 3 nighter and it was great sailing. We finally got to really use whisker pole that we installed last year in Panama. It was really nice to sail downwind without the constant hassle of adjusting the jib. We just set it out there and tuned it occasionally. We sailed like this most of the 3 days. We chose not to stop at any of the Venezuelan islands and just go straight across. We ran into a few squalls but we just reefed the jib with the whisker pole still out, it was really enjoyable
There only mooring balls in Bonaire so as to protect the coral. There is no anchoring allowed anywhere around the island. The water is the clearest and cleanest we have seen. Bonaire is very eco- conscious. The entire island is very clean. We met Barbara and Michael s/v Astarte, we met them in Prickly Bay. We stayed here for 3 weeks. There are 3 islands referred to as the ABC's (Aruba, Bonaire and Curacao) they are off the coast of Venezuela and are Netherlands (Dutch) islands. In Bonaire it is all protected by outer reefs that make it nice and calm but allow nice breezes (hence the name Bonaire). We stayed here 3 weeks and just relaxed and enjoyed the beautiful weather. We did provisioning here because we were told that Curacao and Aruba was much more expensive or more difficult to get. We rented a motor scooter and toured the island. The roads out along the shore were a little precarious (as in very narrow when a car passed) but we saw a lot of the island.
|
Comments [0]
07/17/2009, Grenada
With friends like these it is tough to leave, Richard and Lucy s/v Marie Galante, Becky and Dudly s/v Altair and us.
|
07/05/2009, Grenada
This was taken at happy hour in Prickly Bay. Our friends Lucy and Richard s/v Marie Galante won 1st prize at a drawing and Barbara and Michael sv Astarte won 2nd prize.
|
