April 5 – 7: Petit St Vincent, Mopion and Union Island

Petit St Vincent (PSV) is a tiny island just south of the Tobago Cays, and is home to an exclusive resort. Next to it is the even tinier island of Mopion, which consists of sand and a single palm hut, or palapa. Petit Martinique (PM) forms the rest of the anchorage, but is part of Grenada and so is harder to visit. The whole thing is protected by reef. We anchored off PSV in relatively calm water, although there was a strong current which made swimming interesting. We dinghied over to Mopion but found it was already crowded; nevertheless we walked all the way around (this takes a minute) and took the requisite photos!

The anchorage at PSV
Petit St Vincent and Petit Martinique (PSV and PM) from Mopion
The palapa on Mopion

A huge treat: Mitch and Renee took us to dinner at PSV! The island is private and generally discourages visiting yachtsmen from going ashore; however they allowed us to visit their bar and restaurant. Surprise – there were actually only 2 guests staying on the entire island. They must have felt rather isolated, but maybe that’s what they were looking for!

Beach bar on PSV
Sunrise at PSV

The next day we left PSV and went round to Chatham Bay on the west side of Union Island. Jeremy grabbed a ride into Clifton with local bar owner Seckie, to clear us out of the St Vincent. We lazed at a local beach club and then had a lobster dinner at Seckie and Vanessa’s restaurant. We were able to show them a photo we took at the same spot ten years ago – funny how neither the menu nor the faces have changed!!

Passing Union Island and Palm Island. There’s a new luxury resort on Palm Island and we wondered if it is taking away business from PSV
Chatham Bay
The beach at Chatham Bay
Beach bar at Tenute Beach Club in Chatham Bay
Seckie and Vanessa’s restaurant
Dinner at Seckie and Vanessa’s in 2013
With Seckie in 2023

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