Reflections on Montserrat
We’ve left Montserrat now, and are in Guadeloupe, anchored in a delightful bay called Deshaies, which is home to an extremely civilized little French village – fresh baguette and patisserie every morning. The contrast with Montserrat is made sharper by this little bustling community. The volcano sprang back into life back in 1995 and is […]
Montserrat
We made it here to Montserrat yesterday after a fabulous four hour sail from Antigua. We even broke our fishing jinx, with a skipjack tuna and a kingfish providing more than enough food for dinner. We anchored with the cats and the pelicans… Montserrat is somewhere I’ve always wanted to come and visit, and it […]
Antigua
So, here we are almost a week into our new liveaboard life, and what have we done with ourselves? Well, quite a bit really. Having finally arrived at English Harbour, we spent a couple of days there settling in and introducing the kids to beach life. They made instant friends, including another Issie (but my […]
Together Again
Just a quick post to say that Gesa, Issie and Max arrived, with my Mum, in Antigua. Their flight was 2 hours late, and it was a tired and stressed group that we met at St John’s airport, but now everyone is here safe and well and beginning to relax into the Antiguan lifestyle. Rum […]
Some photos
Just quickly, before my laptop runs out of power. Here’s a few photos: – Calm sunset – Café Atlantique – moored alongside a french yacht mid-atlantic! – Rolling down the waves – Nelson’s Dockyard, English Harbour, Antigua More to come. Cheers, N.
At Anchor
12:00UTC 06/12/07 17’00N 61’46W At anchor in English Harbour, Antigua. 2772 miles sailed. All’s very well. N et al.
Last few miles
21:30UTC 05/12/07 17’04N 60’27W Wind ENE3 If you want to cheer up this crew, the recipe is simple. Turn off the engine and reveal the existence of a reserve wine supply. We did both last night, and the difference in crew morale is remarkable. At dinner time, I revealed that, like an aircraft with reserve […]
A brief respite
04:00 UTC 04/12/07 16’56N 059’13W Wind E2 There’s just enough wind right now to make it worth sailing, so the engine is off and the off-watch crew are fast asleep. We’re only doing 3kt so the engine will have to go back on at 8am but at least it’s a bit quieter now. We’re 145 […]
A beautiful day – to be on a beach
22:00UTC 03/12/07 16’45N 056’32W Wind Var1 It’s been another quiet and windless day. The sun has shone brightly and the sky is full of small clouds, in fact it has been a quite gorgeous day if we weren’t wanting to go sailing. To add insult to that particular injury, the forecast predicts that it will […]
If I’d wanted to motor I’d have bought a powerboat
21:30UTC 02/12/07 16’39N 054’52W Wind SE3 It’s been a bit frustrating last night and today, after a superb day yesterday, top speed all day and making 75 miles in 12 hours – that would be a 150 mile day. Then the wind disappeared. A slapping, flapping, drifting night and engine on at 6am, so by […]