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After Clifton on Union island we sailed to Chatham bay just on the other side of the island. Hoping to catch a barracuda at the same spot as last time we did not have luck. In Chatham bay we went for a walk on the beach and then back onto the boat. We bought a Tuna and grilled it for dinner. During dinner we caught a very small soldier fish and set him free again. After two rounds of playing cards we went to bed. The Royal Clipper was also here and it was nice to see her leaving the bay under sail and illuminated. (Update via HF SSB so no pictures)

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 had breakfast and Sydney was delivering the baguette breads to our boat. We snorkeled in the morning, then had lunch , took some kite aerial pictures and went by dinghy to the horseshoe reef to snorkel there. We saw a nurse shark and a coooool reef shark. I did not bring the under water camera this time :-( Tonight we will have lobster BBQ at the beach What a stressful life!

It took us around 1hour to sail from Canouan to the Tobag o Cays. We are right behind Baradel island with the turtles. The wind has slowed down to 15 knots and the sea is also calm. Lobster beach BBQ with Romeo is scheduled for tomorrow. Readers, please join us! (Vanora, Medianoche, Bagalut, etc. ) A perfect day!

After breakfast we went for a bit of snorkeling. I had to check the saildrives and rudders since at night a fish bit the hook and pulled the line under the boat. I was up at night to get him out but the line then snapped and so i had to make sure that the lead, hook and line was not jammed somewhere. Also i was looking for the fish but could not find him around the boat. I hope he will survive. Snorkeling here was nice and the anchor was holding well in sand despite the 360 turning winds and currents. So not a bad spot as a quiet anchorage. We will now leave to the Tobago Cays.