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We met with Charly and Lisa from Bomika and Volker from Sunjet for a sundowner on Happy island. After a few rumpunch we had the real caribbean feeling and we could live with the semi-good sunset. Since 2 days the weather is very humid and hazy with visibility of less than 5 miles. Humidity is around 65 to 70% and the wind has died down to 6knots so it is starting to feel very hot. Also to the left you can see a dump from our chart plotter and how we anchored behind Baradel island. To the right (east) you can also see the horsehsoe reef which protects the Tobago cays and where we snorkeled. The Outback Felxmate 60A charge controller produced an output of 223Ah over the day with peak charge at 43A during noon. With so many people on board the watermaker is running many hours since we produce around 125Liter of water per day at least. The "average" sunset as seen from happy island

Happy island is an artificial island made mainly of empty conch shells and is a good place for a sundowner. A rumpunch is around 10EC and tastes very good. Kids can play in the sand and we met the crew of a swedish boat and they had 4 kids which were also playing. After 2 rum we thought it is enough and went back to the boat since it was also getting dark.

After a nice Lobster BBQ yesterday evening and a good night sleep we sailed to Clifton on Union Island this morning. The wind was only around 10 knots from behind and since it was only a 4 mile ride we used the Genoa sail only. So after one hour we dropped anchor in Clifton. Maybe we will visit "Happy island" a small artificial island, maybe 20m in diameter with a only a bar/restaurant on it. In Clifton you can also get rid of garbage. We do not give it to boat boys since sometimes they just dump it into the ocean. The island to the left is a part of the Tobago Cays and the sunset below was taken right before the lobster BBQ on the beach in the channel on the Tobago Cays.

We stayed with Ralf and Inge for the evening and had chicken and salad and potatoes together with Carib beer and red wine. We fished and caught a small Jack and soldier fish. The transfer back to our boat was wet since the wind was around 25 knots but all went well. A bigger catamaran dragged anchor and had to change place 3 times. Our anchor was holding well.

This is our anchorage behind the reef in Clifton on Union island. The color of the water is amazing and we are 20m away from the reef. We dropped the anchor right behind the reef in 5m and have 25m of chain out.