Fretting at Jolly Harbour Antigua

Les now gone and safely back home. David Macavinchey our outward leg 2nd mate-surgeon has rejoined and is now No. 1 mate as other locally promised crew has so far failed to turn up. Antigua is tied up with racing for the next 10 days and loose crew volunteers are few and far between. Skipper needs to get more organised and await further reinforcements from home or go with the 2-handed solution for the return trip. Decision time is nigh.  In the meantime David is acclimatising to the mozzies and time lag and skipper is fretting and writing endless lists of things from turnips to turning blocks and radishes to rigging. Tried to get helo trip over to Montserrat today but not enough people to fill the flight so went shopping in St Johns instead, to look at Chinese souvenirs with Antigua written on them and also to buy strangely shaped brown vegetables which taste like stewed socks (David wanted to try them).