Non such bay in Antigua is a huge inlet. There is one main anchoring area, off green island next to a perfect sandy cay. In the anchorage were a number of massive boats, huge almost ships. There was a boat which we called phileas fog, maybe it was used in the movie, well boat, but really a small ship. There were fantastic yachts, with crews running round dressed in khaki shorts and white t shirts. If the rain fell they were out with their chamois leathers. (just like us of course(!)) We anchored and the sea was so flat, we had [View Full Entry]

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Barbuda Reefs, blue blue sea, white sand, a handful of yachts and a few wild donkeys. The wind on the reef is causing a huge roar, and the boats anchored close to it must be deafened. We are anchored back a bit amongst the coral atolls, and the last few days have been totally idyllic. We have snorkelled, the nearby atolls are amazingly rich in sea life, we saw a big ray fluttering on the bottom. Standing on the boat you can see the sand quite clearly in the translucent blue water. Barbuda is basically a desert island, it is inhabitated [View Full Entry]

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Falmouth Harbour again, somehow it seems very good to be here, especially after our night sail. In the morning we woke up about 9 am and soon got the shambles of the boat organised, it looked a bit like a washing machine inside, we bundled up all the dirty washing, towels, sheets etc and prepared to go ashore and see the customs. The night before we had literally dropped the anchor at the entrance as soon as it was safe to do so, and when we woke up we found we were anchored just off the reef, but in quite a [View Full Entry]

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Bequia to Antigua Sitting in Bequia trying to make sense of the weather. Chris Parker on the single side band, his voice scratchily coming over the ocean from Tortola, says there is a huge low in the north of the Caribbean which will cause 85mph wind in that area. The result of this is that there will be a ‘swell event’. In the Caribbean this means some huge waves and up to 13’ at 10 second intervals. He was not that clear about when it would arrive. So we decided to head up north as quickly as possible. We went to [View Full Entry]

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Arriving at Bequia we went to anchor in our usual place, next to the big buoys, a couple in a dinghy came out to tell us not to anchor there, they said there were fuel lines to get caught up in, Alan has dived that whole area so knew this was not likely. A heated discussion on our boat, but the captain’s word was law, and we anchored. He went in and dived the anchor, and was pleased to report that there was nothing to worry about. We into town and went to the sailors cafe, a small cafe which we [View Full Entry]

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Bequia to Carricou More diving, a beach barbecue, swimming. Bequia was as ever great fun. Then on to Carricou. Carricou is an island about 30 miles north of Grenada, we visited there two years ago, it was very tranquil and sweet. Nothing much seems to happen there. It is a very green lush little place, with little volcanic peaks, a small capital town of Hillsborough, and some very photogenic houses. We had a great sail down there, the wind on the beam, perfect sailing. We anchored in Tyrell bay, a big wide anchorage, safe and clean, fringed by mangrove swamps. [View Full Entry]

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BEQUIA TO ST LUCIA Ok, where did I leave you? We spent almost a week in Bequia, we met another HR but much bigger than ours, a 53 , called Saskia. The couple, Simon and Jenny, and their teenaged children were really nice, we invited them for a drink at 5.30pm, by 1.30am we were all best friends! Next day Simon made us some wonderful rotis, it was a very enjoyable lunch. We went diving again and did the devils reef, we cleaned up the boat, did jobs, and went out again with Peter and Veronica. Did some ou work, trying [View Full Entry]

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BEQUIA Still here, the wind has been howling and making the boat heel over. We decided to move further into the bay, which I think was a good decision, it has been more comfortable here. The wind has been gusting a lot at night, gusts of 30 knots and it has woken us up. During the day we have been off the boat. We caught the bus to Friendship bay. We had asked if there were any buses, and as usual they were not exactly crystal clear with the answer. 'yeah there a bus' 'when does it go?' 'no schedule' 'Ok [View Full Entry]

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(h2) BEQUIA(/h2) This has been a really fun time here. We have enjoyed fairly calm seas, one night of wind, but otherwise still, lovely gentle breeze. Great barbeque on the beach, can we really drink that much rum? And then the jazz festival has been entertaining as well, it was great to sit on the beach listen and watch live music. So what have we been doing. Well firstly we walked to the other side of the island, about 3 miles to go to the turtle sanctuary. It was interesting but the owner was not too thrilled when Alan asked if [View Full Entry]

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After a night in a very gloomy dank and wet Marigot bay, we were up quite early to sail across to St Vincent. As we motored up the side of St Lucia the clouds seem to hover amongst the green verdant forested hills. Inside the boat everything had felt damp that morning, even the pages of the log book were limp and soggy. As we cleared the island the whole atmosphere inside the boat changed, just as if you had turned on an airconditioner, everything dried up, the sun came out, and St Lucia was a smudgy darkness behind us. We [View Full Entry]

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