{"id":1035,"date":"2013-06-06T14:28:05","date_gmt":"2013-06-06T14:28:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.seismicwave.ca\/?p=1035"},"modified":"2022-01-16T09:09:05","modified_gmt":"2022-01-16T16:09:05","slug":"search-no-further-saltwhistle-bay-mayreau","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.seismicwave.ca\/?p=1035","title":{"rendered":"Search no further&#8230;..Saltwhistle Bay, Mayreau"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There was a break in the weather and I think many boats in the anchorage were leaving Bequia. I counted 6 boats including us all raising our mains at the same time. Let the race begin. We were heading initially to Friendship Bay, Canouan as Brett had heard good things so detoured from the path the rest of the boats were taking south. In coming down the windward side the swells and winds were not good and the anchorage looked very rolly, so we changed our mind and headed to Saltwhistle Bay,\u00a0 Mayreau.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.seismicwave.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/P1020490a.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1037 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.seismicwave.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/P1020490a.jpg\" alt=\"P1020490a\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.seismicwave.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/P1020490a.jpg 640w, http:\/\/www.seismicwave.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/P1020490a-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.seismicwave.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/P1020490a-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a>\u00a0Saltwhistle Bay is a picture postcard Caribbean Island, near Tobago Cays, with a horse shoe white sandy beach, palm trees and crystal clear water.\u00a0 You are welcomed into the bay by boat boys who come out to meet your boat and then race in to get the next best mooring buoy for you and help you get secured. Jerome sped in and got us a buoy right up at the beach front.<a href=\"http:\/\/www.seismicwave.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/P1020502a.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-1038\" src=\"http:\/\/www.seismicwave.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/P1020502a-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"P1020502a\" width=\"255\" height=\"237\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.seismicwave.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/P1020501a.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-1039\" src=\"http:\/\/www.seismicwave.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/P1020501a-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"P1020501a\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.seismicwave.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/P1020501a-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/www.seismicwave.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/P1020501a.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Mayreau has a population of about 200 with a very small town at the top of the hill between Saltwhistle and Saline Bays. We wandered the road between the two bays passing a number of vendor stores, restaurants and bars. You could see that the locals really rely on the yacht traffic. Ferries only come in every 6 days with fresh produce etc and theres no bank on the island. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.seismicwave.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/P1020510a.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-1040\" src=\"http:\/\/www.seismicwave.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/P1020510a-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"P1020510a\" width=\"249\" height=\"237\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.seismicwave.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/P1020513a.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-1041\" src=\"http:\/\/www.seismicwave.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/P1020513a-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"P1020513a\" width=\"248\" height=\"206\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.seismicwave.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/P1020520a.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-1042 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.seismicwave.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/P1020520a-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"P1020520a\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.seismicwave.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/P1020520a-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.seismicwave.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/P1020520a-400x300.jpg 400w, http:\/\/www.seismicwave.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/P1020520a.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We love the names the locals give to their boats.<\/p>\n<p>We ended up staying a couple of nights as it was so beautiful and the weather was perfect. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.seismicwave.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/P1020505a.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-1043\" src=\"http:\/\/www.seismicwave.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/P1020505a-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"P1020505a\" width=\"253\" height=\"237\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.seismicwave.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/P1020507a.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-1044\" src=\"http:\/\/www.seismicwave.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/P1020507a-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"P1020507a\" width=\"240\" height=\"206\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1045 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.seismicwave.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/P1020533a.jpg\" alt=\"P1020533a\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.seismicwave.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/P1020533a.jpg 640w, http:\/\/www.seismicwave.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/P1020533a-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.seismicwave.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/P1020533a-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We enjoyed a dinner out at &#8220;The Last Bar Before the Jungle&#8221;, one of the beach huts at the far end of the bay run by Richard who cooks all the meals himself. He cooked so much food for us that we had left overs for lunch the next day.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.seismicwave.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/P1020546a.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1046 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.seismicwave.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/P1020546a.jpg\" alt=\"P1020546a\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.seismicwave.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/P1020546a.jpg 640w, http:\/\/www.seismicwave.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/P1020546a-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.seismicwave.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/P1020546a-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Time to check ouf of the Grenadines and head south.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There was a break in the weather and I think many boats in the anchorage were leaving Bequia. I counted 6 boats including us all raising our mains at the same time. Let the race begin. 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