Sunday 18th December
Nowcrew
Tue 20 Dec 2005 01:24
Jolly
Harbour - Antigua
Sunday Morning in
English Harbour was wet and overcast. We all got up early and Nico took his kids
for a walk along the fortified walls of the harbour
entrance.
Late
morning everyone walked over to
Falmouth, we had coffees and juices in the marina as the kids had a look
over the Gipsy Moth IV that had pulled up along side the quay side. It was hard
to imagine that this yacht had been the pioneer of long distance sailing you can
give me Now3 any day. As we walked back to the boat the heavens opened again and
we were all soaked by the time we arrived. Never the less we got the boat ready
to set sail as we were off to Jolly Harbour in the north of the island for the
night. A short sail to get the new arrivals accustomed to the boat at
sea.
As we attempted to
pull away from the quay side we lifted the anchor and at the same time managed
to snag a mooring line with it. As we lifted the anchor out of the water the
line lifted up the hull and wrapped itself around the prop. We quickly secured
the boat again and Andy pulled out the mask and dive bottle to go down and
cut the line loose. Half an hour later and problem solved we set sail for Jolly
Harbour!
We stopped on the
way of a beautiful beach for a late lunch and to allow the kids to have a swim
off the back of the boat. It was then on to Jolly Harbour before sundown. We
arrived at 16.30 to find the place deserted. It was Sunday and everyone had gone
home! We picked a berth and tied up for the night. Babs took a crew off to the
beach for a late swim as Ron, Andy and Ian waited to make sure we had not pulled
into someone's berth and after dark we had a walk to find an open restaurant for
the evening meal.
The Dog Watch bar
and restaurant on Jolly Harbour key side was close to the boat and open! The
only on of many establishments in the marina. It brought back memories for those
of us who had done the Antigua week with Ron in 1999 as we had spent a few hours
in this bar at the start of that adventure so many years
ago.
Nowcrew
out.