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| After Hurricanes Luis, Marilyn and Bertha we decided that enough is enough. So in the summer of 97 we sailed south to Grenada for the duration of the hurricane season . Grenada is far enough south at 12° to be considered safe (about 99%). | ||||
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Our provisioning for the trip was mostly beer, as it is a hot steamy summer trip. We decided to take about three weeks to get to Grenada so that we could stop and see islands that we missed on the way north three years earlier. |
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We left St. Martin on 16/06/97. Stopping in St. Eustatius, St. Kitts, Nevis and Montserrat which was a very sad sight indeed. The continuing eruptions had just finished destroying Plymouth and Kamouraska was covered in a layer of thick ash during our stay. We were saddened by the plight of the local population and particularly angered by the attitude of the British Government which was basically "Sod off". |
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Our home for the next few months, Hog Island on the South coast of Grenada. We met up with lots of friends, both old and new and had a wonderful time here. |
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| The nearest civilization to Hog Island is Lower Woburn and the friendly establishment called Nimrods, it is a rum shop/general store and is run by Hugh Nimrod and his wife Bernadette. Many a happy time was spent here enjoying a rum or nine. But some of the dinghy trips back to Kamouraska were adventures in their own right, especially as our inflatable had a big split in the floor at the time... | ||||
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| Hog Island is small,
uninhabited (by people) and great fun on BBQ day every Sunday. The photos
above were taken at a birthday party on the Island for Carrie, who with
her partner Mike had also sailed from St.Martin for the summer in Grenada.
The music was provided by Carries daughter, Lou on flute, her boyfriend
Ben on guitar, Mike on sax and many other people singing along. It was a
great success and the food was wonderful, a really fun time for the
yachties and locals together. Plenty of rum was
consumed and at the end of it Kamouraska was only fifty feet away!! Very
nice too... The time we spent in Grenada that year was known by all there as "The Summer Of Rum". Grenada is without doubt one of my favourite Islands, the locals are friendly, courteous and helpful, the Island is beautiful and most things are inexpensive to buy. The local fishing is good too, many a night we had fresh snapper for tea. The trip back to St.Martin was uneventful, we caught up with a friend of ours J.C. in Martinique and eventually arrived back in St.Martin on 9/10/97 ready for a return to work and some much needed cash. All in all a great "Summer of rum". |
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