PALM ISLAND, GRENADINES
Grenada and Carriacou are separated by a strait called the Martinique Channel. In fact, this is the border between Grenada and the Grenadines. We first checked in at Union and left for Palm island to stay there at anchor. Palm Island is a small island one mile from Union Island and only [...]
CARRIACOU & SANDY ISLAND
The distance from St. George Grenada, to Carriacou is about 23 NM. A very easy sail along the beautiful West coast of Grenada into Tyrell Bay, Carriacou. A very very busy bay but we managed to find a secure spot between all the other boats. In the 17th century, Carriacou was [...]
GRENADA
The distance from Union Island to Grenada is about 40NM. We first went to Grenada and skipped Carriacou on our way south. We would visit Carriacou when going north again. The best way to see St. George’s, Grenada capital is on foot. And there is no better place to start than [...]
KICK ‘EM JENNY
Kick 'em Jenny, also: Kick-'em-Jenny or Mt. Kick-'Em-Jenny is an active submarine volcano or seamount on the Caribbean Sea floor, located 8 km (5 mi) north of the island of Grenada and about 8 km (5 mi) west of Ronde Island in the Grenadines. Kick-'em-Jenny rises 1,300 m (4,265 ft) above the seafloor on the steep [...]
UNION ISLAND
By now we are living January 7, 2020. Time is running so fast as we have to be in St. Martin already in a few weeks. And we still have many more islands to discover! So we decided to go to Grenada first. The most southern island of the windward [...]
CANOUAN – THE GRENADINES
Canouan - “island of turtles” Only maybe 20 NM south from Mustique. We were expecting a lot of wind for at least a few days. We wanted a safe anchorage to protect us well. So we ended up in Charlestown Bay. This is the main anchorage on the west coast [...]