Au tour de Felix

Waouw! Je navigue entre les bateaux et c'est super. Sur ce bateau, il n'y a pas de bome donc je ne me cogne pas!

Hard life in Tyrrel Bay

Yesterday we went to explore the mangrove.

In case of a hurricane this can be a place to tie up Merlin. We were checking the depth on the way ....we could just make it (our draft is 1.3m).

The mangrove swamp was colonised by hundreds of up-side down jellyfish ...and I even knew their name (Cassiopea!!).

Today was a busy day.

There is an optimist program in Tyrrel Bay for the island children. Greg went to teach them some sailing tips. Victor and Felix joined and sailed on their own boat and had lots of fun. However, after few gybes and boom banging Felix thought it wasn't funny any more!

This afternoon we all went ashore with our bikes. This was a big event ... It was my first ride with that bike bought in Cape Town before we left!! It was great to visit the back roads, to ride all together and get some exercise.

...and then we went for a rewarding drink. Clea is really good at ordering.

Victor and the optimist

Hello the world!

Today I went sailing (again) on an optimist. Even if I didn't win the race, it was great and I had fun!

Strip of paradise

After touring around, Petit St Vincent (private island) and Petite Martinique (part of Grenada, very friendly people and nice vibe), we went back to Sandy Island. Going back slowly south allows us to stop to all the places we liked and we want to enjoy more.

We did again some beautiful snorkeling. Emmanuelle and Felix went this morning and saw thousands of (small) fish swimming around then. Greg set up a new swing with the boom for the kids to jump in the water. So there were few hours of jumping.

 

This afternoon, we went to discover Paradise Beach. It was a short stop as an official from the nearby airport came to ask us to move. We were in the way of their final glide approach. Even Clea was saying that the planes were touching the sails! We should have listen to her!!

For more photos of Sandy Island, refer photo gallery

Things we are missing on board

At the time of departure we thought it wouldn’t be so critical ...or to be true, we didn’t have any money to invest in those:

• - a braai (BBQ)...for the fish we catch and because it would be a great change for Greg to cook!
• - a kayak for Felix and one for an adult so we could go together discovering some places or say hi to neighbour boats.
• - a screecher (that was definitely a price reason!)
• - another e-reader (Sony). When Emmanuelle reads a good book she can’t pass it on to Greg.

...but Greg doesn't think we are missing so much!