This was to be our last long distance sail prior to our hurricane season break, so we set out to really enjoy it. As usual we headed South, on a heading to avoid the famous underwater volcano called "Kick em Jenny". Some people don't bother to travel around the zone, and take the risk of sailing right over it. There are lots of warnings related to the area because it is very volcanic and gasses tend to 'leak' from the active 'fumaroles'.
As we skirted around the West side of the volcano exclusion zone, the sea state was quite rough, but thankfully we had the 'rollers' on our port beam so they didn't cause too much discomfort. The wind kept up a steady 15 to 20 knots so we maintained a speed of about 7 to 10 knots. Then as we approached the North coast of Grenada we expected to sail into the wind-shadow but again we were surprised that the wind speed was barely changed. As we passed by the mid point of the island we experienced some quite violent storms or squalls.
Our destination was 'Prickly Bay' on the South West corner of the island, and we dropped anchor after an exciting 6 hours.
The anchorage was quite 'rolly'' but we moved to a quiet mooring the next day.
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| view towards Grenada, over the volcanic zone |
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| under water view of the 'cone' |
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| This is the location of Kick em Jenny |
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| Prickly Bay in the foreground. (borrowed picture) |
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