First Cruise Ends - Antigua, Montserrat Photos
Eowyn
Fri 27 Jan 2012 00:29
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Éowyn is ashore in Jolly
Harbour in position 17:04.060N 61:53.043W
We left Deshais at first light
and were rewarded by the wind backing to the East giving us a lively but
comfortable sail to English Harbour, Antigua. Anchoring in Freeman's Bay, we met
Dick & Irene Craig who had been there for some time visiting granddaughter
living on the neighbouring yacht. They had also been babysitting our new
Parasailor, After sundowners, I collected the new sail but was surprised at how
large the sailbag was!! It was going to be difficult to find a good stowage for
it, out of sight.
The next day, we moved to
Falmouth Harbour and anchored in a secure spot near the Lytles on Oriole a
beautiful Bowman 40. We enlisted their assistance to dock the next day in
Catamaran Marina where our rig work was to be carried out.
Antigua Rigging did a great
job in replacing the faulty Selden fitting without removing the mast and in
addition, I replaced the spinnaker halyard and had some rope work
done.
On Wednesday, we joined John
& Chris Lytle and others for a fun evening with dinner at HotHotHotspot in
Nelson's Dockyard. entertainment included John's lengthy recital of a Stanley
Holloway monologue!
We then set off to Jolly
Harbour to arrange some further work on Eowyn.
 Jolly Harbour from the
Air
A couple of nights followed in
Deep Bay, where Chris's back improved enough to scramble up to the fort
overlooking the anchorage. Sundowners were shared fore those nights with Richard
& Elaine on Nemo.
On Monday last, we had George,
the cabinet maker onboard to re-partition the locker under the aft bunk and when
his man Colin had finished, I was at last able to stow the Parasailor out of
sight. We hauled at 0700 the next day and began our lay-up procedures. Whilst
this was being done an engineer was onboard replacing the faulty stern gland.
Once removed, it was clear that the problem was simple wear and tear - 36,000
miles has taken its toll!
We had rented a small villa
for 3 days, complete with a fun golf buggy. as the villa sported a giant washing
machine, the opportunity was not lost to freshen up the boat linen and remove
the backlog of clothes washing.
Once work was completed , we
were able to relax a little more and that was to include a sensational 50 minute
helicopter flight to the Montserrat volcano.
 Plymouth, Montserrat is buried by
Lava
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