Antigua

Sea Topaz
Duncan Briggs
Fri 2 Jan 2009 20:32
N17.03.988  W061.53.030
 
After a rough overnight sail on lumpy seas we arrived in Antigua on 29th December. We celebrated Ewan's birthday with a game of golf during the day and champagne and a good meal in the evening on 30 December. Denise arrived on the 31st, bit white and pasty, but we are working on that. We had a quiet new years eve. On New Years day we drove around the island in a hire car. We visited some lovely beaches and historical places. We also saw a carnival parade in St John the capital.
We should get our sail back today which was in for repair. Questionable Logic was taken out of the water again so that Ewan could work on the rudder that was still displaying the same problem as they though they had sorted out in Las Palmas. Work is going well. Hopefully they will be back in the water tomorrow. We will sail to Montserrat or Guadeloupe depending on the wind, which I will check when I have sent this.
 
         
 
A Mango Mamma cocktail                        Golf at Jolly Harbor, Antigua                                    New year on the beach                                                    Denise and Ewan with English Harbor in the background
            
 
                                    Carnival in St John Antigua on New Year's Day