Travelling around Union Island we spotted Chatham Bay which looked like a really nice anchorage but there were no boats. Kind of eerie. So we kept moving around to the south side to Frigate Bay where the kite boarders play. We tucked in with about 6 other boats but again the rolliness was more than we wanted to deal with so up anchor and back to Chatham Bay.
Unfortunately when we pulled the anchor up it was twisted on itself and we couldn’t pull it all the way up. After talking about it we decided to drop the secondary anchor when we got to Chatham, set it and then drop the primary straight down so Gary could dive on it and try to resolve the problem. We have a hooka just for working on the boat that serves well as an air source while under the boat. With Gary in the water and me on top fetching tools and lowering them over the side it didn’t take long to get it fixed. We then pulled up both anchors and reset the primary. The secondary anchor works well but it is rope instead of chain so doesn’t inspire a lot of confidence for any extended anchoring. This is something we will fix in Grenada as the primary anchor doesn’t have enough chain for some of the spots we ran into this trip. So we’ll purchase 500 ft of chain for the primary anchor and move the 240 ft we currently have to the secondary anchor and we’ll be set for most anything.