Tobago Cays
walter@comcast
After fixing the mechanical challenge on Unabated, we had our dinner
of Bigeye tuna, salad, rice and pigeon peas and retired contented.
The next morning, we headed out to check out the kiting spot and the
local reefs, When I say local, I mean that they were right there next
to the boat.
The snorkelling was very good, with sightings of a white eel, cow
fish, juvenile and adult angels of the French and Grey varieties,
damsels, red lipped blennys, a 5-6 foot nurse shark, lobster, etc.
etc.
The kiting was pretty good too, but with weak winds, only 13-16 kts,
but enough to get a session in. I did befriend a nice Frenchman, Herve
and his wife Gwen. We did some downwind kiting by launching a kite,
putting the kiter on a dinhgy, and delivering him out to sea for a run
back.
The boat has been visited by a small parade of boat boys (I am not
sure that this moniker is politically correct, but it is the accepted
local term) selling their wares to the tourist. They offer bigeye and
yellow fin tuna, Florida lobsters, local jewellery, tee shirt and the
like. I think they can see that Cat Tales is a long-term cruiser, and
not a likely buyer for their wares. They focus more on those who are
her for a week, and on a vacation budget. They may have been
pleasantly surprised when Dana demonstrated that we are on vacation by
buying some tee shirts.
Tomorrow we head for Salt Whistle bay, a short sail to the west.
ttyl