Following a short stay in Tyrrel Bay on the island of Carriacou we sail further South to Grenada. The unusual event of this cruise was that we were to sail over a live volcano which is about 500 meters deep. They say that if it is spewing gasses then your boat can sink if you happen to be in the 'bubbles'. The authorities advise a restricted zone of 1.5 km around the crater but due to volcanic activity in July last year we took a 5 km avoiding trajectory around it.
We were amused to watch many other yachts sail right through the middle of the crater area, including a large and expensive sailing yacht. (I wonder if the owner knew his yacht was in risk of disappearing?).
We anchored off the main port of Grenada in St Georges Bay. Holding was terrible but we found a soft bit amongst the rocks and damaged corral. Here we stayed until the next morning.
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