Union Island – May 2022

Next up, a short sail from the Tobago Cays to Union Island, known as the Tahiti of the West Indies due to its volcanic silhouette (and possibly also because of the eye-wateringly expensive fruit and veg?). Here we hiked Mount Taboi, the island’s highest peak, had regular bonfire and marshmallow binges with all the boat kids on Chatham beach, and ate a lot of rotis (the pasty of the Caribbean).

We fell in love with two very special local dogs who joined us on epic hikes around the island, and who later tried swimming out to us at anchor.

In Clifton Harbour, we joined SV Gambler and SV Amani on Happy Island, a man-made island built entirely of conch shells, for rum and a spot of limin’.

From Union Island we hopped over to Palm Island and on to Mopion Island, the smallest island in the Caribbean measuring just 20m x 8m and composed of brilliant white sand and surrounded by reefs full of tropical fish – the place of castaway fantasies.


Palm Island

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