Our first visit to Prickly Bay was in the early 1990’s. It was one of our favourite Caribbean anchorages and we returned there on several occasions during our time in the Windward Islands. After almost a decade we briefly returned at the end of the year 2000 on our way from Europe to the US east coast. There had been very little change during those years. It was still one of the prettiest spots in the West Indies, with usually less than a dozen yachts at anchor and a cozy little restaurant.
Today, 13 years later, the small, informal, charming marina, with fresh green lawns, dotted with palms and almond trees is gone and instead of the dozen yachts of yesterday there are probably a hundred now at anchor, with an additional two hundred on the hard. However, there is a now a modern marina, with better docks, a good dinghy dock and probably a much more efficient shipyard and better services for yachts over all.
Unfortunately, I much preferred the old days. I fear what more changes I will discover when we move further north through the islands.