Prickly Bay
Sarah Grace goes to sea
Chris Yerbury and Sophy White
Mon 30 Jan 2006 14:26
January 30th, Prickly Bay,
Grenada.
Having met two British
family liveaboard boats since last June, we have bumped into three families all
in one bay. One boat, Pagos, has just come in from four months up the
Amazon bumping around in the mud and jungle. They had no sailing
experience when they left England.... Another boat from Cardiff, Aromatic, has
three little girls onboard, and they are heading back this year. It's
great for us to meet and swop plans and stories. The kids have had loads
of fun together as well.
Grenada is our favourite
place so far, the people make it. You can see hurricane damage left from
last years devastation everywhere. Many stumps of trees stick out from the
forest, and lots of boat hulls litter the shore. There are many
yachts in the boatyard with halfmasts and rigging like spaghetti, and holed
hulls. Apparently nearly every roof was blown off during the storm, and
all the existing roofs are new. Mimi had her hair braided by a woman
called Canary on the beach, who had lost her house, and job, as her home was
blown away, and the hotel where she worked was wrecked. She has three
little girls.
There is an osprey roosting
in the bay where we are anchored. We are going to go on a tour of
the island tomorrow. Last night we saw a three foot iguana looking
at us from a ledge on stony outcrop, as we rowed back to the
boat.