We woke up very early on Monday April 7th and after eating a hearty breakfast and pooling our well-grounded anchor we sailed off Union Island toward Trinidad. As we sailed passed all the reefs near Union island we saw the impact of the strong currents on our boat's speed - what should have been 5-6 knots of speed got as low as 1.2 knots!!
We sailed toward the east side of Granada loosing sight of it by the end of the day. As darkness approached, with our attention and senses heightened, we watched any vessel on radar or on sight carefully, assessing its route and listening for any messages on the radio. However, as the night grew so did our sense of confidence, we became calmer and before midnight Kim went below to rest and try to get some sleep while Maria kept watch. We were to pass the oil rig at around 1 AM and Maria was to wake Kim up should any anomaly occur. Things went smooth - a few vessels on sight or radar just passed by, two vessels in the radio in what appeared to be "code" kept talking through the night, but nothing more. When Kim came up, after not having slept, Maria went below to do the same - a rest but no sleep.

We arrived to Boca de Monos, the entrance to Trinidad, at 5:30 AM safe and sound! Not only that, but as we entered Boca de Monos we were greeted by a school of dolphins that swam around Kikuyu for a while - what a wonderful sight that was! We have been surprised at the few marine life sightings we have had in our entire trip- namely one dolphin from afar in Deshaies, Guadeloupe, and the spout of a whale in Dominica. Daniel, who slept all night, got up and saw the show. Trinidad's Chaguaramas Bay was a welcome sight. We docked at the custom's dock which is at the nice CrewsInn Marina and had breakfast at the marina's restaurant while waiting for the custom's office to open. After clearing customs we proceeded to get a slip in this marina.

The CrewsInn Marina has the most amenities we have seen a marina to have as it is a marina as well as a hotel. There is a swimming pool, exercise room, a gourmet coffee shop and a restaurant - the grounds are well manicured. Being in the marina makes it easy to get boat maintenance and repairs done - we spent the next 3 days cleaning the entire boat and scheduling maintenance items as we begin to get Kikuyu ready for its passage to Colombia. This marina is also a nicer place to entertain our guests Mike & Bev and for Maria to be in Kim and Daniel's absence.