We decided to double back and sail to Union Island again. A couple of different people told us about Chatham Bay and how nice it was. We thought that Clifton Harbour was too crowded the night we stayed there so we left Union Island without exploring it further.

We are definitely glad that we decided to stay in this sleepy bay. There were three or four beach bars sprinkled along the side of the bay. And, a bungalow hotel capped the lower end of the bay. There was snorkeling all throughout the bay as well as a reef to the northeastern side. And, the water was calm enough that I was able to take the standup paddleboard out for rides each day. We ate at the hotel restaurant under a palapa-style roof. We also went to a restaurant at the pink beach bar (I don’t know its name).

In this bay locals come by the boat to sell fish and lobster. I actually bought some red snapper, which was delicious!

There were many flowers like this on Canouan. I thought they looked unique, as I haven’t seen them before.

We took a walk on Canouan to see a little bit of life outside of the Sandy Lane Yacht Club. Canouan is an interesting island in that it is divided into three section. The northern part of the island is gated and hosts Canouan Resort Development, which includes a Mandarin Oriental 5-star hotel and golf course. The center of the island is town and is open to everyone. And, the southern part of the island is where we stayed, at the Sandy Lane Yacht club (also gated). Here are some pictures I took on our walk.

After the Tobago Cays, we motored north to the next island, Canouan. (We are still not sure how to pronounce the name of this beautiful island.) We were excited to hook up to power and water, as we hadn’t tied up in a marina since Christmas. The Sandy Lane Yacht Club is probably the nicest marina that we have visited to date. The marina itself seemed relatively new and welcomed super yachts as well as smaller ones. It was huge, as you can see in one of the pictures. It had three different restaurants onsite, a grocery store, and other typical yacht marina amenities such as laundry and garbage services.

Bequia has a nice walkway along the bay. It is easy to tie up our dingy and walk along the water’s edge. I partuculary like this photo because of all the different angles.

I was finally able to get some video uploaded. I’ve been trying for weeks. Hopefully this is a good sign and I’ll be able to get some more of the GoPro video up.

This video is from our time in the Tobago Cays of the turtles and rays. Also lots of starfish.

It’s a slow day in Bequia, so I thought I would post some old pics (there’s nothing better than old news). We went to get our PCR tests this morning ($185 USD per person) so we can travel to St. Lucia later in the week. We went grocery shopping. Then we did boat chores. Then we had left-overs for dinner. Exciting.

The first pic is of a flounder under our boat back in Chatham Bay. Yes, that’s a flounder. Kind of hard to see in the pic, but trust me, I know a flounder when I see one.

The second is a nice close-up of our new anchor dug into the sand in about 15 feet of water. The anchor has definitely been a winner – we drop it and it just holds. Everywhere I’ve dove on it, it looks just like this – nice and dug in. And the more you pull on it, the more it digs in. $1500 for piece of mind (and 33 Kg of welded metal).

One of our favorite pastimes is to look at the different boats that are near us at anchor. At the Tobago Cages we saw a couple of unique vessels.

As you can imagine, fishing is an integral part of life of these Caribbean islands. We often see two boats in the water, with a net between them, as they fish. Snorkelers will jump in the water and act as fish spotters for the next positioning.

We walked from Saline Bay to Salt Whistle Bay on Mayreau. Salt Whistle Bay is a favorite anchorage of many cruisers. It is beautiful, but on the smaller side.