To Jolly
Beez Neez now Chy Whella
Big Bear and Pepe Millard
Thu 3 Feb 2011 23:50
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Route from
Deshaies, Guadaloupe to Jolly Harbour, Antigua
 We were up and ready to go by six thirty, but had a
couple of games of Rummikub waiting for the bread man and our baguette. He said
he would be with us by seven, a no show so up anchor. Bread man caught us up at
seven fifteen with a steaming hot French stick. We motored to the other side of
the bay to wave to Barbara and
Reinhard (Wanderer 2), neighbours from Coral Cove, Trinidad who we
had bumped into in the Spar shop yesterday. In the shelter of the bay, Bear
hoisted the main and we were soon out in big seas.
  This the view from the front - the up-down action
       Some of the waves that
came through
  I think Bear is either singing "Brown
Sugar" or saying something rhyming with "wit" as he got a
bit moist
   The sideways
action, shows a Rita six
 Must be chippy, Bear in a tshirt for
the flag changing
 Passing Darkwood
Beach
  Nearing
Jolly we have thirty seven feet below us, sailing nicely, slower due to
the current
 Jolly has a few
yachts in, we are staying here until the storm due Saturday and Sunday
passes over
   We lost a most beautiful Mahi-Mahi,
but kept the troll line out. Bear slipping a gin to this Kingfish, big enough for supper
  Not far to go - now five five foot six
below us and still doing five and a half mph
  The water went
from a stunning blue to the shallow azure. We had never seen a big turtle
at sea, but one bobbed up for a breath about two feet from our starboard side,
all I could think to do was clap really loud, down he went. We held our breath
and waited in case....... but all was well.
 Safely anchored -
our view to the right
 Our view to the
right
 The view out to
sea, (colour not touched up in any way), soon we were tucking in to
Kingfish, salad and our fresh French stick
ALL IN ALL A
PERFECT END TO A PERFECT DAY
TOUGH SAIL WITH THE CURRENT AND WAVE PATTERNS, SMASHING
TO BE HERE
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