With the wind conditions strengthening even further we decided to go directly from Pigeon Island to Antigua...wait, need to stop for clearing out of the country... so we made an early morning stop in Deshaies,
watching about 14 boats coming out and heading for Antigua while we moored and rowed to the sleeping little city.
To Susan's delight, the clearing place did not open until 9 and we had coffee and pastries at the local bakery, tried to use the local ATM and met the local fauna.
By 10 we were sailing towards Antigua at a brisk close-to-beam reach, hitting over 9 knots as we surfed the big rollers, crossed the reef south of the coast by 3:00 and entered Jolly Harbour on the west coast a bit past four. We anchored in the white sand of Mosquito Bay in 8 feet of water and spent the following days catching up with our mail, laundry and even ....going to the beach!
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You guys are having so much fun I want to be there with you! The snow here has been great (I'm one of the few who feels that way) and I had a great time skiing at Wachusett this morning, but who wouldn't rather be in Caribbean?!!
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