Closed the loop!!!

Arrived Union Island (St Vincent & the Grenadines)

Sea Bunny arrived in the approaches to Clifton Harbour on Union Island at 1330 on 20 January 2017, crossing her track from 22 January 2002 when she left Clifton turning right, westbound for the ABCs, Panama and the Pacific. Crossing your outbound track defines the completion of a circumnavigation. This one therefore took us 14 years, 364 days and 5 hours.
Last time it was a bit nerve racking navigating the reef in the harbour from paper chart at the chart table; now with large chart plotter in the cockpit it was easier. But the number one eyeball still held good.

Finding your way around is easy!

A celebration drink of the diminishing stock of South African MCC (Méthode Cap Classique - Champagne) was followed by a delicious meal of mahi-mahi ashore.

Plenty of fresh produce

We couldn't really remember much of our previous visit but found Union Island to be charming with lots of restaurants, small supermarkets and a market square, for the tourists, with stalls selling fresh fruit and veg - at a price! - as most is shipped in from the US.
Apparently the first arrivals on the island were around 5400 BC.

Leave room for the ferry!

While we were ashore for our evening meal the ferry from St Vincent came in, slowly and with searchlight blazing, turned and berthed stern-to a fairly narrow jetty. When it left next morning we saw that it had dropped an anchor to hold her bow in place. We could also see that anchoring in the place where Chris Doyle places an anchor sign in his Windward Islands pilot book would be unwise - as it's directly on the ferry's path. We were anchored further off the channel - about 50 m off her track.

Dressed overall in celebration

On leaving the harbour this time we turned  to port back to the Tobago Cays, anchoring with only Horseshoe Reef between Sea Bunny and the swells of the open Atlantic Ocean. In 2002 it was windy and swelly here but on this visit it is calm and beautiful but just as crowded.
After an attempt to adjust the outboard engine for the dinghy Sea Bunny was dressed overall in celebration of our circumnavigation.

Green turtle grazing

We went snorkelling to find turtles in cold 27 degree water.