We started out our day on Thursday by taking a dinghy ride out
\nto the far northern point of Canouan’s Charlestown Bay to do
\nsome snorkeling. It looked like a pretty spot, but there was
\ntoo much swell on one side to land the dinghy, and on a
\nneighboring beach the water was all churned up with sand. We
\nreturned to the boat for a little swim before weighing anchor
\nand setting out for new sights. We tried to get into the pretty
\npalm tree lined harbor in Mayreau, but it was chock full of
\nboats and we couldn’t even consider staying there. We decided
\nthat Chatham Bay in Union would be a good spot to go as it is
\nprotected from the north where swells were expected. We had a
\ngreat sail there – and everyone was thrilled with the place. It
\nis a beautiful quiet harbour facing some very high green lush
\nlooking hills and lined with a white sand beach. There is a guy
\nthere whose boat “Shark Attack” is something of a legend among
\nboaters. He prepares terrific beach barbecues for a reasonable
\nprice – with as many people there as he can sign on from the
\nvisiting boats. We signed on for dinner, although his helper
\nwarned us that there were no langostine available that night.
\nJust an hour or so before we left the boat to go to shore to
\neat, a boat came by with two local fisherman selling langostine.
\n As they held up a huge one, Brock motioned him over and asked
\nif he could buy one, have the guy deliver it to Shark Attack,
\nand have Shark Attack include it in the barbecue. It seemed as
\nif the guy was not thrilled about working with Shark Attack, but
\nhe was thrilled to have Brock’s money, so they arranged for two
\nlarge langostine to be purchased and delivered in time for the
\ndinner. We went to shore and wandered along the beautiful beach
\nfor a while before dinner – watching the full moon rise. There
\nwere about 20 other people eating when we did, although no-one
\nseemed particularly interested in getting to know us. One group
\nhad brought a huge picnic cooler filled with wines and drinks
\nand who knows what else. We had our one little bottle of wine
\nwith us. The “restaurant” was on the beach – three wooden picnic
\ntables overhung with simple tarps and a gas lantern on each
\ntable. Shark Attack and his two assistants were working in the
\ndark at a couple of huge grills. We had our own table and
\nfeasted on langostine, fresh tuna, barbecued chicken, roasted
\npotatoes and cole-slaw and rice. Afterwards a local guy with a
\nguitar and pretty much the worst voice I have ever heard
\nseranaded us. We made a polite exit as soon as we could get
\naway from him and took another quick walk down the beach to see
\nwhat was happening at the other two restaurants that were open.
\n We felt so sad for the other proprieters as both of their
\nplaces were completed devoid of visitors. They looked longingly
\nat us and invited us to visit their places, but we were full and
\nslightly drunk already, so we had to say no and dinghied back
\nto the boat under a bright moon and clear skies.<\/p>\n
Today, Friday we spent the morning on the beach. It turned out
\nto be an incredible place to snorkel- millions of silvery fish
\ndarting around the rocks that lined the shore. It looked like a
\nscene in a Disney movie – just a solid wall of fish glittering
\nin the water. Mom came in to snorkel at least
\n three times, really loving the water and the fish. After a
\nfew hours, we had to leave the beach because we wanted to get
\nback to the other side of Union to make sure we found a good
\nanchorage for the night in Clifton Harbour. Lucky we left when
\nwe did. We arrived in Clifton at about 3:30, and by 5:00 the
\nweather changed and we found ourselves bracing up against an
\nincredibly long stretch of storms. The anchorage was so full
\nwhen we arrived that we ended up anchoring much closer to
\nanother boat than we would have liked. The owner of the other
\nboat was standing on his deck glaring at us ( for good reason),
\nuntil he finally called out to Mark that he would like him to
\nlet out more chain. I went up on deck when it calmed a little
\nbit and we dropped some more chain. Although we ended up with a
\npretty good distance between us I have a feeling it may be a
\nnight where Mark or I gets up at least once to have a peek
\naround. It was too stormy to go to town for dinner, so we
\nmanaged to put together a nice pasta and chicken dinner.
\nTomorrow morning Cathy, Brock and Shirl will all leave and Mark
\nand I will prepare for our big sail to Bonaire…..<\/p>\n
L.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
We started out our day on Thursday by taking a dinghy ride out to the far northern point of Canouan’s Charlestown Bay to do some snorkeling. It looked like a pretty spot, but there was too much swell on one side to land the dinghy, and on a neighboring beach the water was all churned … <\/p>\n