PM 13th April anchored off Antigua.
14th Enter Hbr and make crappy alongsides to customs wharf. Then even worse alongside between piles in marina. Average marina with 1970's loos and rotting planks. Staff good. BBQ's quite good.
15th blustery alongside working day. Raining. Windy. Shopping
16th Busy day of networking other boats and crews and doing preps.MB to boatyard and chandlery. Still very windy but pay meggabucks and slip and proceed PM. Anchor outside in bay in evening twilight. First attempt drags scarily between boats in high winds. Eventually manage to anchor, but quite close to scowling old swiss couple on old trad steel (.'.. we've done it all before and are VERY experienced' type boat). They continue smoldering and scowling at us all night and dont respond to waves from us. Consider rowing over and terlling them we're gay and would they like to come to an all night sailors party onboard.
Quiet night. Beautiful pork n apple with potato wedges super by Les.
17th Up early. Still windy. Scowling still in force. Slip and proceed after brekky. Decide to go outside reefs and tack all the way along S Coast to English Hbr. 22 knots and 8ft seas. Lumpy. Reefed main and Genoa. Motor and sail needed. Reach historic English Hbr and its posh megayachts at noon.Classy entrance with many old Georgian buildings. 'Nelson's Dockyard' etc all now restored and WHS tourist icons.
Anchor way up harbour from the crowds. Amongst the mangroves.
Still need more crew for TransAt. And a big strong neoprene clad diver to scrub my bottom smooth.
What will tomorrer bring?
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