All change!
Oriole
Sun 14 Jan 2007 12:20
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Falmouth Harbour, Antigua 17:01.00N
61:46.42W
We finished our mini-cruise on the north side of
Antiqua with dinner in an exclusive restaurant at Jumby Bay, with impeccable
service and wonderful food at a price to rival the RCC Annual Dinner.
Robert and Dani were starting to get tropical withdrawal symptoms even before
their imminent departure.
 Rob and Dani fighting
withdrawal.
We sailed gently back to Deep Bay on the NW corner
of Antigua often very uncomfortable in NW swells which have not materialised yet
this winter. We put them ashore to peruse the gem shops of St John's
for hardware to cement the engagement. Mission beautifully
accomplished!
 From Deep Bay the sun tips the Kindom
of Redonda.
Meanwhile Chris and I sailed back to Falmouth where
Rob and Dani met us for a farewell dinner on their last night. It has been a
great month, very relaxing and we have explored bits of Antigua which are off
the beaten track and after the crowds of Falmouth and English Harbours over
Chritsmas and New Year, it was great to have beautiful anchorages to
ourselves. The sailors of Newton and Noss seem to get everywhere, and on
our way back here we were overtaken by a charter yacht (they were motoring) run
by Pippa Honeywell and her partner.
We are not alone for long and this morning we are
joined by Erik and Fran Salomonsen, so we had better be on our toes on the dock
to meet their taxi! We feel a bit like a charter yacht ourselves this
year.
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