Salt Whistle Bay, Tobago Cays and Admiralty Bay, Bequia.

We left Palm Island with the intention of stopping in Salt Whistle Bay and possible the Tobago Cays, but when we got there the Bay was completely full with primarily charter Catamarans and it would have been almost impossible to enter that soup you boats. Also the Cays seems full of boats as well as a four master cruise line, which takes the fun away of these beautiful places. This area has now become the victim of its own success.

So we passed them reluctantly, but then we have visited them several times before. 

We have never seen so many charter yachts in this area. It is becoming totally full, just like the BVI and the charm and fun has disappeared. Glad we experienced the area in 2003/04, when there still were space available.

If you look carefully at the photo, you will see in the foreground a red roof. It is a bar constructed on the reef in front of Clifton town, Union Island. My information is that the municipality of Clifton was fed up that its people left the Congh shells laying around in big piles and they don't deteriorate. So they asked and payed a chap to find a solution to get rid of these big piles of Congh shells. Well he build an island on the reef with the shells and cement and now is the proud owner of a well frequented bar, which is mainly used by sailors. You will see on the inside of the reef are many yachts anchored and they seems to be his business. His Island is now much bigger than it was in 2004.

Congh shells for sale.

 Sailing pass the wonderful Palm Island Resort.

We had a wonderful sail up to Admiralty Bay, Bequia with winds from NE at 13-18 kn. So again close hault, but the waves today were manageable and steady. So our speed went between 7-9.3 kn all the way. We thus made a fast passage and arrived well around 13:00 to drop the anchor in the Bay. Here there are always many yachts, but the Bay is large and shallow and can easily take a lot of Yachts.

This is Princess Margaret's Beach, where she spend many years, before she constructed a house on Mystique Island around the corner.

This is the beach next to Princess Margaret Beach a bit further into the Admiralty Bay and Port Elisabeth, with the beach restaurant Chris and I like (in the middle of the photo).