Redonda
Yacht Ariel
Henry Adams
Mon 3 Mar 2008 23:16
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16:56.5N, 62:20.75W
Well, from Falmouth harbour, Antigua, (which
incidentally has the stinkiest mud I've anchored in in four years - I worked out
later that the all-pervasive rotten seafood smell was coming from the anchor
chain..) I set off early in the morning to my next official port of call at
Charlestown, Nevis. However, I wanted to stop at the island of Redonda on the
way.
Redonda is a wee abandoned rock in the middle of
Montserrat, Antigua and Nevis. It's not so wee up close. I'd interviewed Mr. Bob
Williamson (aka 'King Bob the Bald') some days previously for a programme I'm
making on the kings of Redonda, and his advice for landing on Montserrat was:
'Don't do it' (more on this programme later, once I finally finish it), but not
to be put off, I managed to trap the anchor under a rock whilst I scrambled to
the top and back.
Stitching my second large rip in the mainsail in
two days was the next task, and, completed, We made landfall in Nevis just after
dark.
All in all an exciting day to shake off the humph
of being sat too long in a stinky lagoon with lots of dull, shiny
superyacht people..
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