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April 4th 2007 by sailtripper
The Bucket
Maltese Falcon looks immense roaring along she reaches 28 knots and is a massive 288ft long. Their tender looks really hot too. What a ride!
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Central America Caribbean » Antigua and Barbuda » Antigua » Jolly Harbour By sailtripperApril 4th 2007well folks with the Cricket on the screen over in the bar, things are looking pretty peachy for a beer but before i do i want to add some more pictures so you can see and i can recall later what this place is like.
Oh Rebecca
a absolute stunner, both chris and my favourite of the day. She has such classic lines and really storms by. I thought she would win but I was mistaken.
Barbuda Beach
This is the view to spyglass and the blue endless horizon from the pinkish sands that make up the some of the beauty of barbuda. We were in total paridise of isolation here, making it a great hideawa... [more]
Wild Horses
One afternoon walking along there were some horses that came from the scrub on the beach of Barbuda and went off for their afternoon stroll. All the horses and donkeys and goats are roaming free here... [more]
the big bike ride and walking expidition
Our roaming friends on the trail that we took. Over about 8 hours chris and I rode to the northern part of the island and saw some caves, walked to a tropical sink hole and swam in delicious water of... [more]
oh lush lush blue green seas!
This is the view from the top of the top island and the highest point in Barbuda. Not very high but very hot, dry and cactusy. Time to go back in that water!
goofing around
Chris and I are always taking the piss out of each other, making fun of the silly simple things in life and bursting into fits of laughter. Maybe a little cabin fever or deliriousness has set in, but... [more]
frigot birds
These birds are quite something, they have the widest wing span for their weight in relation to any other bird and dont have any oil on their feathers so unable to land in water, so to get their food ... [more]
hammocks and oceans
ah the life of cruising is hammocks and reading and watching sunsets with rum in one hand and cuban cigar in other. But in antigua there was much more to do so the hammock stayed quite empty.
fun in the water
On Easter Sunday Chris and I stopped in Dickenson Bay where it was a busy beach in the best kind. Full of locals, all hanging out with friends and family, eating, playing and enjoying that laidback "... [more]
when i grow up...
how irresistably cute is this girl. "Daddy when I grow up im going to be a diver"!!! There are so many amazing photo opportunities like this in the carribean but one can only take so many and the ot... [more]
when i grow up...
how irresistably cute is this girl. \"Daddy when I grow up im going to be a diver\"!!! There are so many amazing photo opportunities like this in the carribean but one can only take so many and the ... [more]
tyne
Just hanging out on Fiddlers Green was fun, this was sometime in the morning over tea, after a wild and crazy fun night out before with the crew onboard. Tyne and I hit it off immediately and spent a ... [more]
Half Stroke
on one afternoon in the classic regatta week there was dinghy racing and i took part and did terribly, its harder than it looks! But also got to row in the beautiful Gli Gli, a dug out canoe oringinat... [more]
Chalo
The rudder man and canoe master builder of the caribs. He is a gentle loving soul and a full of good vibes. A little hard to understand every now and then but we love him till the end. Still making ... [more]
Johhny and Chalo
Gli Gli out of the water fixing her up to be a strong canoe for the trip up to tortolla. We love Johnny as much as Johnny loves the green stuff
Joanne and I
Taking a rest from the climb up to the top of Boggy Peak, along this path we were plentifully supplied with fresh coconut, papaye, oranges and a kalabash which i now can eat my meals and drink my rum ... [more]
braiding times
Pinneapple House is where this is taken, the place that is set on a big sloping hill, and has windowless rooms to sleep in and stay for much longer than you first intended. This is due to the ambienc... [more]
Farewell and Fair Winds Antigua
The last night was a big one in Antigua pretty much awake till the sunrise and met some amazing people again to share the night with. If our paths arent meant to cross again I had a ball and thanks fo... [more]
High on Sailing
During the Classic Yacht Regatta Sailing away on Mi Querida we all had lots of time to kick back and enjoy the ride, so I climbed up for some solitude of the wind and sea and the rythmic motion of the... [more]
Mob of MI QUIERDA
Heres that lot that I sailed with for the classics. It pretty much equated to Barbie, beer, lots of laughts and a few tacks and jybes. Do you notice that we take our racing seriously?!
Gli Gli in Full Swing
Its an art of balance on a canoe this size with open water and full sail. She needs one to bucket out the stuff coming in, bodies constantly shifting to make her as stable as possible. She has made o... [more]
Beer Time
Like I said Mi Quierda was well stocked with beer and meat for the barbie, my first since I left australia, and boy did it go down well. Embarrasingly I found it very difficult to open the jamaican be... [more]
Kate Winslet come and fly with me instead of Jack!
Theres not much to say for this other than "HAPPY DAYS"!
Tropic Bird
On Great Bird Island we took the rocky route to the top and had a breathtaking view of more wild and powerful ocean below and with it being a nesting ground for tropic birds, we got lucky. They make ... [more]
AKA Platapus
I have a little funny story to share about Grt. Bird Island. On that very walk I forgot my shoes, and we couldnt be arsed taking the dinghy all the way back so I resigned to the fact that I would wea... [more]
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