Stuck
Beez Neez now Chy Whella
Big Bear and Pepe Millard
Sun 13 Feb 2011 23:40
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Stuck in
Antigua
   This has been our view for a week.
We know we are
very lucky though, at least it's warm, but at night I'm having to wear a tee
shirt. Kate and Bird put me right on the phone, minus eight to eighteen, so
I stopped whining quick sharp. The weather has been brought to us from America
via a cold front meaning continuous squalls. Not what we are used to. The wind
has not gone much over thirty knots - well reefed is nothing Beez cannot deal
with - in fact we have sailed inside Plymouth breakwater in thirty three knots
in March a few years ago, but twelve foot seas is no fun and Montserrat is not
the place to be if it is a north easterly swell.
We have seen many
boats coming in damaged that have weathered a journey - possibly to get away
from rolly anchorages. We telephoned Montserrat weather station today and they
said Little Bay is quite flat, checked with wind guru and things have calmed
down, so off we finally go on the morrow.
 Today in a clear bit we went in for fuel
  One of the prettier fuel stations we have visited
 This little bush
tells us the wind is still blowing a
Hooley
 As we go back out
to anchor the clouds are still threatening, another downpour on the way
ALL IN ALL
ENJOYED THE WEEK PLAYING GAMES AND CHILLING -
LITERALLY
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