We had a gentle sail with just the main sail from Canouan to
the Tobago Cays, however as we approached the wind picked up as a huge squall
went through, reducing our visibility and giving us a horrible 30 knots of wind
to deal with as we approached the reef passes into the Cays. For a few minutes
we seriously thought about abandoning the idea as there were yachts everywhere
and we didn’t fancy picking up a mooring in these conditions. However, Andrew
navigated around the south of the Cays and brought us into the open main
anchorage which was virtually deserted and we got a great spot on clear sand
with only a metre and a half of water under the keel. We anchored easily and the
squall passed leaving a windy but beautiful day for us to enjoy the Cays with
hardly any other boats.
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| Askari in Tobago Cays |
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| Askari in Tobago Cays |
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| Squall approaches - very dramatic |
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| Sunset at Tobago Cays |
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| Buying T-shirts from Mr Quality |
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| Askari in the middle |
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| Tobago Cays - just stunning |
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| Supping to the islands in the Tobago Cays |
Just about the same time as we arrived, so did our friends
on Spirit of Lusitania who we had agreed to share a lobster BBQ with. They had
met the Mother of Romeo, one of the ‘boat boys’, in Union Island. So this was
quickly arranged for that evening and we had our man so all the other boats
left us be. We had a stunning day
swimming with turtles and exploring the Cays. As evening approached another squall
came through which was very dramatic and made our venture ashore a bit of a wet
one, but that didn’t ruin a fabulous evening of amazing lobster on the beach
prepared by Romeo (actually called Nicholi), his wife Juliet and the Lobster
killer Fernando. When the rain came we all hid under the awnings at the BBQ
area and shared a few drinks.
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| Beach BBQ are |
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| Dai finding pictures of Grandma |
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| Dai gets some help eating her lobster |
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| Agustus, Dai and Andrew |
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| Romeo and Lobster |
The next afternoon Aqualuna arrived, incredibly Gabbie on
Aqualuna is Dai on Spirit’s Aunt - how funny that we know both independently
having met Augustas in Sprit in Lagos Portugal… . So another Lobster dinner was
arranged, this time on-board Aqualuna after Jonathan rounded up another Lobster
to include us with the family gathering. Jonathan took great pleasure in
serving us drinks on his Discovery tray which apparently is for specifically
for serving drinks to Oyster owners!?! We had another great night and both
yachts left for new destinations the next morning. We however had really
settled into the Cays and the weather was just calming down so we had no plans
to go anywhere….. more snorkelling, paddle boarding and swimming was the go. We
did a great snorkel out of the reef pass on the outside and we ran into a
reasonable sized shark – we think it might had been a bull shark – eeek!!
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| Jonathan with his special drinks tray |
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| Gabbie & Jonathan with more Lobster |
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| Aqualuna in Tobago Cays |
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| Aquiline leaving us |
That day, Laurence came into the bay, last met in Lanzarote
– oh gosh another party! We were also joined by the lovely Bretagne Family on
Hent Eon including their gorgeous girls who are 9 months and 2 years old; Andrew
had previously dropped over some ‘spare’ water which was very much appreciated.
They took this stunning picture of Askari from the top of their mast.
The next day we decided it was time for a change of scene,
so ventured off the huge 5 miles to Mayreau……
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