Jackie Hinkson


Grenada -Sauteurs
Grenada fishermen use double-enders and also pointed pirogues

Boats in the foreground vary in design, some similar to the double-enders of Bequia, others more like the pointed pirogues of Trinidad.
Grenadine fishermen regard the Asters area as best for the Blue Parrot fish.
Set at the northern tip of Grenada, Asters ('leapers')  gets its name from the climax of an epic battle between the then native Caribs and the invading French:  the Caribs refused to surrender to the French and instead leapt oven the cliff, seen in the background, to their death.
With quiet dignity, the Catholic church of St. Patrick's stands sentinel on the hilltop looking over this spot of tragic history.

 

 

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