A working harbour under forested hills, howler monkeys and parrots in Scotland Bay at dusk, and the largest concentration of…A working harbour under forested hills, howler monkeys and parrots in Scotland Bay at dusk, and the largest concentration of marine trades south of Sint Maarten. Chaguaramas was a US naval base under the 1941 lend-lease deal and the infrastructure it left became the boatyards. Trinidad sits on the South American shelf, which is why it has oil, mud and no hurricanes. Anchorage: Several anchorages in one bay, Western Main Road, Williams Bay and, round the corner, the steep-sided Scotland Bay with nothing ashore. Full boatyards, haul-out and trades, and south of the hurricane belt, which is why the fleet comes here in summer. Hazards: Strong tidal streams through the Bocas del Dragón between Trinidad and Venezuela, and the water is silty, this is a yard-and-shelter anchorage, not a swimming one. More