12th December 07

Osprey
John Bowering
Wed 12 Dec 2007 11:51

Anita arrived on Monday afternoon to find the boat rocking and rolling at the Catamaran Marina from the after effects of a tropical low pressure called Olga. Had no real effect on us here in Antigua other than producing a lot of rain and winds in the mid 20 knot range. Olga is now moving North West and south of Cuba and the weather here should settle down in the next couple of days. I hired a car to collect Anita from the Airport which is about 45 minutes away and outside the capital – St John. We decided to kept he car for a couple of days and tour the island. Yesterday we visited Jolly harbour, which is a development of expensive holiday homes and a marina. Nice concept but as with many such in the islands has failed to be completed and with the exception of the immediate Marina area is still a large building site. We had brunch there and collected some spares from the marina shop then headed off to St John where there were three cruise ships alongside. Although the town was crowded there didn’t seem that many passengers form the cruise ships but they may have been spread around the island. In the evening we went over to Nelsons Dockyard in English harbour and had a meal on the verandah of the old armory. Will return there again to see it all in daylight. Today we will make a list of any supplies we need and collect them from the supermarket at Jolly Harbour in the hope that the weather will have settled down by Friday and we can start heading south towards Bequia which Anita is keen to visit. We will stop at most of the islands on the way, taking it in easy stages.