We cleared Immigration and Customs in Trinidad on Monday, spent our last TT dollars then weighed anchor and set sail with “Runal” for Union Island Tuesday morning. Light ENE winds and calm seas made for an easy and uneventful motor-sail the 120 miles in 23 hours. We had anchors set at Union Island in a little bay behind Frigate Island by 0800 Wednesday morning, next to our mutual friends, Peter and Karen, aboard “Tanee”.

We rested up a bit on Wednesday but Thursday we all went lobster hunting. I made a snare out of a stick and some seizing wire which worked surprisingly well. The most important thing when lobstering is finding lobsters. This we did thanks to a tip from a local we met the day before. In about 90 minutes we had enough of those lovely creatures for a major lobster-fest for six! Karen cooked the lobsters, Runa made a rice dish and Claudia made a salad. We were so stuffed with lobster that not much rice or salad was consumed. Yesterday (Saturday) we hiked over to the town of Clifton for some excellent pizza. A cruising friend of ours had passed this way a few weeks ago and discovered this tiny place just going up. She helped them out by painting a really cool mural on the inside walls. It is owned and operated by a local Rastafarian, Rodrigo, who told us that “bakin’ and cookin’ dat my talent”.

It has been raining all last night and today but if it clears up tomorrow we hope to move the boats over to Petit Saint Vincent, a very tiny island just a few miles away with a huge reef that needs to be snorkeled. I’ll probably have to go snare a few more lobsters, though, before we move.

Yep, it good to be cruisin’ again, mon.

David and Claudia