Blogs from Falmouth Harbour, Antigua, Antigua & Barbuda, Central America Caribbean

Sunday evenings in Antigua mean one thing: Shirley Heights. Tourists from all over the island gravitate to this old military post with fabulous views out over English Harbour. There’s a fantastic (and huge!) steel band, a reggae band, bars and BBQ. Party time! All great fun but we skipped the BBQ. Since then we’ve explored gently east and west, looking at beaches and towns. More on beaches later. Yesterday we headed to the capital St. John’s. Somewhat run down but pretty lively. However the most significant thing we found were the TWO enormous cruise ships in harbour. The area around the cruise ship terminal was tourist central with a weird mix of tat and high end shopping...who buys diamonds when on a cruise? We’re convinced that not much of the tourist dollars coming in off the ... read more

Our Beautiful holiday in Antigua. Plenty of sites to see and enjoy!... read more

Alors oui, la houle s’est levée et nous décidons que nous voulons un minimum de confort; donc nous décidons d’aller prendre un « mooring » à l’intérieur du lagon. Intéressant ce lagon. Nous mettons l’annexe à l’eau, mon capitaine met une belle chemise pour aller aux douanes (il paraît qu’ici ils sont plus titilleux alors ça fait bonne impression d’avoir une chemise) et nous voilà partis! Heu… presque. Quoi encore? Le levier d’embrayage du moteur hors-bord est figé, impossible ou presque d’embrayer le moteur… C’est quoi ça encore! Il semble que cela fasse un bout de temps que l’embrayage soit difficile à passer; c’est vrai que nous avons dû mettre du WD40 et de la graisse avant de quitter St-Martin mais je croyais le problème réglé… Finalement, nous usons de la force (bête et méchante) et ... read more

The week in Antigua came and went like a whirlwind in the blink of an eye. We arrived last Friday and anchored in Falmouth harbor. During quarantine, I was aloft with the rest of the ship doing harbor stows on the sails when the arrival of our skiff brought a very familiar person. Looking down, all I saw was a head of silver followed by the flash of the brightest smile I’ve seen in a while. Without boring you with all the gooey details, I instantly lost all concentration on whatever task I was doing (something about putting a gasket on the upper topsail) and quickly ran down the ratlines for a long awaited reunion. It was so great to not only see a familiar face, but for it to be Frank! He managed to hop ... read more