09/11/2026
Full Batteries, Clean Decks...Can't Lose!
We headed out of Trinidad at 0300 below the bright lights of the port area into the Gulf of Paria, through one of the Bocas del Dragón (Dragon's Mouths), one of a series of four narrow sea straits that connect the Gulf of Paria with the Caribbean Sea.
Once through the sun rose and then the squalls started. We expected a few that we hoped to mostly avoid. Nope!
Line after line took us over and at one point in torrential rain, as winds climbed to 40+ kts, we pointed into the choppy seas, pulled in our jib and down the reefed main. It was...exciting...and very very very wet.
Thankfully there was no convective activity as we ran about the helm and decks! So that was a bonus. Being able to see anything in the driving rain was the real challenge.
On we went after the worst of it, we re-hoisted the sails and bounced through the remaining showers.
We pulled into the anchorage in southern Grenada 12 hours later, soaked to the bone and ready for a nap.
Only one casualty was had. Our angry goat lost an ear after a 10 fall from his perch. Now, can be rightfully angry I suppose.
