Barbuda

Juniper
John and Sally
Tue 30 Mar 2010 01:29
17:33.189N 61:46.107W
 
We sailed north today from Green Island to Barbuda - a distance of 30 miles with an easterly wind giving us a 7.5kts reach all the way. Barbuda is an island paired with Antigua but hugely different in geology and population.
 
Barbuda is a sparsely populated coral island, very low-lying with very limited development. We are currently in a beautiful bay north of Cocoa Pt with only 4 other boats for company and miles of pristine sandy beaches. We all swam to the shore from the boat - a distance of only about 100 meteres.
 
The plan in the morning is to move around the coast to Low Bay where there is 11 miles of un-inhabited sandy beach to enjoy!
 
All well albeit our new arrrivals are struggling with the strength of the sun...
 
John, Sally, James, Nick & Beany