Hello from Jolly Harbour, Antigua!
Guardian Spirit
Dave and Elaine
Sun 11 Apr 2010 17:06
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17:03.97'N 061:53.01'W
Well we are here........... AT LAST! Jolly
Harbour, Antigua. The journey round the island to the harbour was amazing,
just like all the photo's, the sea is the most amazing turquoise blue, the sandy
beaches are white stunning. The wind was blowing beautifully and the
current was really pushing us about. We had to concentrate really hard and
all we wanted to do was take in the magnificence of it all, plus we were
soooo..tired.
We arrived on the customs and immigration pontoon
at 9.30 am local time 1.30 pm UK time. Straight away other yachties were
talking to us and then amazingly we met Mike a guy we'd met while we were in
Gomera, the Canaries, last year and he was just going to visit our good
neighbours from Almerimar 2 winters ago, Arnd and Bente and their two children,
who are anchored in a bay just around the corner, so hopefully we'll get to see
them soon.
We eventually got to our mooring which John from
Amazing Grace had so kindly booked for us, we'd met John and Julie in Gibraltar
before they set off on their Atlantic adventure, they only took 2 weeks to
cross, I think next time I do the crossing it will be in a suped up
Catamaran!!
We went out for lunch and celebrated with a rum
punch, delicious, but it was getting increasingly more difficult to stay
awake! We managed to stay awake until it got dark 6.30 pm I think, and
just crashed out until I felt the lovely cooling spray on my face, I thought I
was dreaming but eventually came to, soaked, it was pouring with rain.
They'd had no rain here for 6 weeks and so it was very welcome,
however.......
It seems alot of the other marina's around
have no water and carry fines if you use it to wash the boat. Here they
have their own de-salinating plant. So we really are well blessed we came
here.
Took a walk to the supermarket this morning and was
greeted several times before I got there, people are happy! It truly is an
amazing place.
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