The islands of Grenada

One of the joys of the nation of Grenada is that it is not one island, but several. There is Grenada itself, then its smaller sister Carriacou, to the North. After that comes little Petite Martinique then a host of islets and rocks, some are home to a handful of souls, some are used by fishermen from time to time and many are deserted. This makes for wonderful variety and a great cruising ground.

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	Petite Martinique is renowned for its independence. And being just a stone's throw from Petit St. Vincent, which belongs to St. Vincent and the Grenadines, it is renowned for smuggling too. There is a lovely story told of the chief of police of Grenada who went up to investigate the killing of a Venezuelan smuggler, who had strayed onto the wrong patch. His officers refused to go, so he went himself. Arriving one afternoon he found a funeral in progress on the beach. A swimmer came out to the boat and shouted "Boss, boss, come quick, they is waiting for you and it is getting late". "I don't want to disturb a private funeral" said the chief of police "who is it for?". "De funeral is for you boss" came the reply....
	A dramatic rock formation at the Seven Sisters, one of a group of rocks between Grenada and Carriacou.
	This booby took rather a shine to our pushpit and spent an hour resting there when we were anchored in Ile de Ronde
	We were in Carriacou for the annual regatta and enjoyed watching the locally built sloops speed along.
	They are keen sailors in Carriacou, even when they can only run to little boats like this one.
	And boat building is still a tradition on the island.
	The skipper, with the windswept and salty look, photographed by Kirsten.
	Same look, plus shades.
	A rare sighting of skipper and first mate - she hates being photographed.
	Just as well Kirsten took two!
	I was remiss in taking any photos of Ric and Kirsten, so have cheated and popped one in from when they were with us in Sardinia.
	Sunset over the Eastern Caribbean
	And another lovely sunset seen from the cockpit of Zingano.

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