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Re: Cooper Island
[Re: Winterstale]
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07/20/2015 12:52 PM
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We love stopping there. We usually try to take a mooring ball nearest cistern point and snorkel from the boat to cistern point - we almost always see turtles there and the fish life is good too once you get the point.
Restaurant is great too as are the drinks, be sure to go in for happy hour.
Matt
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Re: Cooper Island
[Re: NCSailor]
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07/22/2015 12:27 PM
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RickG
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We had. Good stop there this week. We've been there three times this year and each time the food was under seasoned and too sweet, but beautiful. Dinner last. Igbo at CocoMaya last night was great. Still, a good time.
Cheers, RickG
S/V Echoes, 2003 Beneteau 423 Grenada
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Re: Cooper Island
[Re: RickG]
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07/22/2015 09:10 PM
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MrEZgoin
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Great spot and deservedly popular.
M4000 "Lio Kai"
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Re: Cooper Island
[Re: NCSailor]
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08/02/2015 12:38 AM
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MarkS
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NCSailor said: We made the mistake of staying there overnight in a north swell. My wife got seasick from the pitching and rolling. Not fun. Watch the weather reports. So when don't you want to stop there? When the wind is closer to the North?
Mark Shichtman "Live for Today!"
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Re: Cooper Island
[Re: GeorgeC1]
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08/02/2015 08:38 PM
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That is basically true. A longer fetch from a storm in the north Atlantic results in a longer wave length swell near the BVI. Longer wave length also means deeper effect. If you are in deep enough water that the wave can't feel the bottom it can be comfortable. As the wave reachges shallower water and feels bottom it starts to slow down and wave length shortens. That enegy has to go somewhere so it goes up and gets nasty.
Cooper is an interesting case. Cistern Point pretty well protects it from anything from the east but from the north it gets hit by both the source swell and reflections off Salt. BUT there is also a trade wind effect to be aware of. Even in the best of conditions updraft of the heat from the island's surface keeps the trades high during the day. As the land cools at night the trades descend and are squeezed through the gap at Haulover Bay. Cistern Rock turns this flow into a train of vortices that roll over the anchorage and, with the lack of current, wind controls a boat's orientation. One minute a boat might be bow on to the swell and the next broadside.
Last edited by GlennA; 08/02/2015 08:45 PM.
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Re: Cooper Island
[Re: warren460]
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10/12/2015 12:06 AM
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We stayed on Cooper Island several years ago. We loved it. The best and only place to snorkel is Cistern Rock. It was great and I took a sea kayak and tied up to one of the balls. Great snorkel.
One thing I enjoyed was drifting on an air mattress from the south of cooper Island to the north. It was awesome. always stayed along the resort area and never went past the resort as it was a little rough past the resort.
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Re: Cooper Island
[Re: Capnmike]
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10/12/2015 05:40 AM
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I have gone as far north as the dock for a small boat with big pilings not far from the point and usually out of any swell. Explore swimming over the grass and very close to shore. The coral is in shallow water close to shore. I have no idea what is north of the dock, but you start getting close to the point.
Unlike cistern point, there is usually little boat traffic or current. Like everyone, you never know what you will find.
In regards to cistern, One time on the north side of the point, in the shallows we saw hundreds of star fish. Unfortunately that happened only once.
Last edited by warren460; 10/12/2015 05:45 AM.
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Re: Cooper Island
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10/12/2015 08:54 AM
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RickG
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We'll be at Cooper to check out their new brewery in November. With any luck they'll be pouring.
Cheers, RickG
S/V Echoes, 2003 Beneteau 423 Grenada
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Re: Cooper Island
[Re: warren460]
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10/12/2015 08:26 PM
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maytrix
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Yeah, I'm sure boats left after lunch. Noon can be busier than 1 or 2 as some boats will just stop for lunch and move on.
Matt
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