12’43.494′ N
61’20.001 W
The Grenadines: Canouan – North end of Rameau Bay
Well the humans have taken me away from the lovely beach and island of Bequia and deposited me on an isolated NW corner of the tiny island of Canouan.
(I will add pictures when I can get some internet – Uncle Steve is updated this for you via SSB radio)
I was a bit worried at first, when they did not head straight into town, like the rest of the yachts in Charlestown Bay. But I have learned not to let them surprise me. They told me that they had heard that Canouan has some great snorkeling and dive sites and they are going to try and see some of them.
Where they have put the boat ‘worked out’ to be pretty OK. They wanted to go into the tiny bay of Corbay, but found it very noisey. The off season means ‘construction time’ to the locals. They were digging up sand and gravel from the shore in Corbay for resort developments on the North end of the island. So the human’s moved around the point to the North end of Rameau Bay for a quieter stay with easy assess to the dives in Corbay.
The beach on the Rameau side, our side, is more exposed to the weather and is littered with the remains of Conch shells. There are so many broken shells on the beach it feels like all the conch in the Caribbean come here to die.
There is a short grassy patch to cross to get to the next bay, Corbay. This grassy patch is full of wild life. We caught the two resident tortoises mating, when we made our first landfall, and there are lots of lizards of a variety of sizes.
The Corbay side is a little bay surrounded by a big beautiful white sand beach and two rock points. This is a great beach for me to run on and practice my swimming.
The humans have been doing some snorkeling on the headlands and say that there is some great hard and soft corals. They are impressed by the number and variety of fish. They have seen all the usual reef fish, but also seen moray eels, big jacks, schools of barracuda and swam with a big spotted eagle ray in the bay. They plan on diving the headlands today to investigates some rock gullies and caves.
I am stuck on the boat while they do that. No fun for me, but at least I have one thing to look forward to. Friends have joined us at our anchorage from the boat Aubi. They have a girl dog aboard they adopted from the Canary Islands. She is young too and enjoys running up and down the beach with me. She is a bit bigger and friskier then me, but she is nervous of deeper water, so I can head out for a swim and get a break from her when I need a ‘time out’.
After the humans have finished diving this area we will move into town, with the rest of the boats. From here they are looking to visit the reefs on the south side of the island. These are meant to be the largest in the Caribbean. I should be able to find internet in town so I can post you some pictures. The humans have been at it with the amateur underwater photography too.
