ARRIVING BACK IN GRENADA

So we arrived at our destination island of Grenada. Now it was time to really prepare the boat for storage. First stop was an overnight rest in the anchorage of St George, then we sailed South to Prickly Bay, then East towards Woburn Bay. Here we rented a mooring buoy from Whisper Cove and had a lovely couple of days ashore enjoying the hosts 'Canadian French' cuisine.

beautiful Qhisper Cove marina

Woburn

view of Woburn Bay

Whisper Cove marina

TYRELL BAY, CARRIACOU ISLAND

Tyrell is a favourite bay for many cruisers. Its wide deep and calm, with quite good shore facilities and eateries

An evening view over Tyrell Bay from the pontoon of the well know Pizzeria 'Lazy Turtle'

Fairly good sailing weather

Just sailing over Kickem Jenny, the underwater volcano

AFTER ANTIGUA IT WAS TIME TO HEAD SOUTH TO SAINT LUCIA

We had a lovely time in Antigua but the clock was ticking closer to Hurricane season hibernation.
We intended to sail down all the islands with minimal stops along the way.
Antigua > Guadeloupe > Dominica > Martinique > St Lucia.

Saint Lucia, Rodney Bay was our final destination of this trip because we planned to start our storage preparation doing things like washing, packing and cleaning.

Rodney Bay Marina

Heavy rain !

SAILING EAST BACK TO ST MARTIN

The stretch of water between The Virgin Islands and St Martin is famous for being rough and difficult. The main problem is that you will always be sailing close to the wind, against the current and the waves. Nevertheless is has to be done if you want to sail back to the Leeward Islands as we did. We had to meet our daughter in Antigua so time factors prevailed.
Once in Antigua we were able to relax and breath in the ambiance of this amazing island.

Last island we stayed at in the BVIs was Anageda

This is Jolly Harbour marina. West coast of Antigua

Our usual view during 'happy hour'..

Happy shore time !

THE US VIRGIN ISLANDS

The two main islands that we visited were Saint John and Saint Thomas.
Saint John is a huge Nature Park with some areas reserved for habitation whereas Saint Thomas is more commercial and rather bleak.
We particularly enjoyed our time in Saint John. Plenty of swimming, snorkelling and walking in the forested hills.

MORE PICTURES OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS

Every day brought another vista.
We did a tour of the islands before our guest arrived, and then revisited the main attractions.

Great Harbour JVD

Famous Foxy's Bar

This is Anageda !

Anchored off Anagador

The crew and Grant

Hendy's Hideout

North East Jost Van Dyke

The 'Bubbling Pool' JVD

THE BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS. SUBLIME.!

Our final destination this season was to be the Virgin Islands. That means the British Virgins and the US Virgins. Unfortunately although they are called the Virgin Islands they do not allow free passage between them. You have to check in and out (customs) between them.
Our time in the BVIs was amazing and highlighted by the visited of our youngest son.
The waters of the islands are the clearest in the Easter Caribbean and the large variety of islands gives you a new destination and adventure at the end of each days cruise. The only disadvantage was the over population of 'Charter Catamarans'. They frequented all the best spots and took all available moorings. On the other hand they also brought amusement and wonder.!

Kwanza, our yacht

beach bar on Norman Island

This is White Bay on Jost Van Dyke Island 

Cane Garden Bay on Tortola

White Bay where the Soggy Dollar Bar is located