From Antigua to St. Barths
Arrival at St. Barth's.
We left Antigua at 05.30 in the morning. It was a nice sail, we had 1 reef in the main and doing 9.5 knots upwind. Last few days where clouded with no sun and it seems this front wants to stay a little longer.
I don't know what I have to think from Antigua.. Every island is so different. Because I've never done the Lesser Antilles, I had these images in my head of like how it would be, but they are always different than expected. It's like with a lot of things I guess.
The other day I rented a scooter for the afternoon and drove around Antigua, 'the land of sun and sea' like every car-plate says. One moment I get really downtown St. John's, where all these Black people live packed in huts of rusty plates and old wood and than in the background of this panorama, an enormous cruise-ship full of American dollars. That gap, that was really impressive.
For some reason this island is very popular for mega sailing yachts. Probably has something to do with Nelson who had a base here. There where some big fookers out there. With all there spreaders and red lights in top at night, Christmas trees. And full of yachties. Lots of girls too, but all couples. Playing skipper and hostess, sweet.
Tonight we'll have dinner in some posh restaurant here at St. Barth's.
Hopefully tomorrow the clouds will pass and I can take some pictures again.
We left Antigua at 05.30 in the morning. It was a nice sail, we had 1 reef in the main and doing 9.5 knots upwind. Last few days where clouded with no sun and it seems this front wants to stay a little longer.
I don't know what I have to think from Antigua.. Every island is so different. Because I've never done the Lesser Antilles, I had these images in my head of like how it would be, but they are always different than expected. It's like with a lot of things I guess.
The other day I rented a scooter for the afternoon and drove around Antigua, 'the land of sun and sea' like every car-plate says. One moment I get really downtown St. John's, where all these Black people live packed in huts of rusty plates and old wood and than in the background of this panorama, an enormous cruise-ship full of American dollars. That gap, that was really impressive.
For some reason this island is very popular for mega sailing yachts. Probably has something to do with Nelson who had a base here. There where some big fookers out there. With all there spreaders and red lights in top at night, Christmas trees. And full of yachties. Lots of girls too, but all couples. Playing skipper and hostess, sweet.
Tonight we'll have dinner in some posh restaurant here at St. Barth's.
Hopefully tomorrow the clouds will pass and I can take some pictures again.
