Day 9 Saturday April 23, 2005 Tobago Cays
We’re back ashore early. I’d bought a watermelon for 15EC ($5US) the day before which had tasted delicious out of the fridge and we wanted more. We buy breakfast croissants, fruit and veges, lamb, water and beer. We also buy bottles of Mauby (like a very strong rootbeer), gingerale and bitter lemon, made by a company called Hairoun.
We also check out the Grenadine Dive store. The owner is in but doesn’t know if he’s going out that day. It seems the boys had been partying pretty hard last night and his boat driver had fallen off a table and was in the clinic with a sprained back. Damm, we really missed some party!
We set sail about 11 AM and sailing with the jib only we round Mayreau island in the opposite direction. As we’re now directly into the winds we furl the jib and motor over to the Tobago cays. Within ½ hour we’re motoring the small channel between the two islands. We head past and snuggle right up to the Horseshoe reef and drop anchor. Our depth guage has stopped working but luckily we can easily see bottom.
I’d made arrangements to contact the diveshop around noon but there was no reply on the VHF. I guess they’d gone drinking again. On well, Lynn and I pile into the dinghy and head back to the channel between the islands. It’s mostly rock but we see some fish and three big (6 inch) squid with their big eyes just finning there. It’s the first time I’ve seen squid. We head ashore and I look for fallen cocoanuts but the ones I find are all dried out. We head back and I take her to a little coral reef nearby. I drop Lynn off and motor a little bit downwind and drop anchor. I can hear her oohing and aahing into her snorkel as she checks out the reef. Soon she drifts by and climbs back in the dinghy. Later Bill and I head further out to the main reef and spend some time out there checking out all the coral and fish. You could spend days drifting around here.
Later that night Bill makes lamp chops again and by 9 PM we’re fast asleep.
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