15:34.0N 61:28.5W Antigua to Dominca
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ItchyFingers
Tue 17 Jan 2012 21:21
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Hello there.
It's been a while now but we finally managed to leave
Antigua! We had a great time and checked out loads of little beaches and bays,
met some really sound people and took in some history in the form of
Nelson's Dockyard in English Harbour, Shirley Heights and St. Johns. It was so
good to see our girlfriends but after 3 weeks paradise
was turning into a bit of a glue pot. To be quite honest we could have
been anywhere in the end but it served it's purpose and we all had a well earned
rest. Everything takes a long time to get done, especially over the
Christmas and new year period, but we finally got all our problems sorted and a
nice new blue line painted along our boat which makes her look beautiful and
really accentuates her lines. It is so hot here though that you literally
sweat uncontrollably when you try and do anything on the boat. Nevertheless
we are a happy boat again and have settled back into life at sea.
We left Antigua on the evening of the 10th and headed to
Montserrat where we anchored overnight. Despite half the island being
devastated by a volcano eruption in 1995 which saw the biggest evacuation
since Dunkirk, it was quite beautiful. It was only 30 miles from Antigua and
perfect to test out all the work we had done on the boat and everything is
back working perfectly!
We were originally going to head straight for
Panama across the Caribbean Sea but decided to island hop to be safe
and so we could check out more of the islands. The plan now is to go down to
Saint Lucia via various islands and cut across the top of South America via the
ABC islands; Aruba, Bonaire and Curacao. The sail down to Guadeloupe from
Montserrat was possibly the best we have ever done. Close hauled
with a stiff 18 knots of wind in flat seas and averaging a steady
7 knots and no annoying swells.
Guadeloupe was pretty standard but Dominica looks
beautiful and we have just arrived. Apparently this is the most unspoilt
island of them all and we will be checking her out tomorrow. The seas were high
and there was 30 knots of wind so it was quite hard going but now we have
settled down on a mooring boy and got 2 crates of beer off a boat boy called
Danny Seabird! Thank fuck we are not at anchor as it is now blowing a
proper hoolie.
All is good though and I will keep you posted,
probably when we hit Saint Lucia.
Lots of love xx
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