Anguilla
Simanderal
Michael Hughes and Ger White
Wed 12 Mar 2008 23:36
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After a few days in St Martin--great place to stock
up, all duty free--and best chandlers I've seen anywhere-- we crossed to
Anguilla yesterday. Lovely crossing--winds were down on the strong winds of the
last week or more--swell was down--sun,sun,sun--beautiful shades of blue
water--and a fast beam reach in 12 to 15 knots wind--marvellous, but only an 18
mile trip, so soon over!!
Anguilla is lovely--Road Bay, where we are anchored
has a lovely beach--despite the commercial quay on a bit of it. The anchorage is
good and the water great for swimming. We went on a tour of the island by taxi
today and saw most of it in 3 hours! Lots of wonderful beaches and the
development is high quality/low rise/low density--hope they keep it that
way--it's so much more pleasnt than the over-developed St Martin. Tomorrow
we plan to visit some of the protected marine parks--you have to pick up a
mooring--no anchoring--need a permit and can't stay overnight--need to return to
Road Bay.
All well on board.
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