Onward from Falmouth
was a gentle sail along the south coast and north on the westcoat of Antigua , the navigation was quite tricky as we had to
navigate in behind a reef and then sail for miles within the reef and the
mainland. The photo below just looks like the sea but where you see the wave
breaking in the distance it is the reef.
Within the reef is does mean that
the sea is lovely and flat and with 20 knots of wind this is a lovely see in
seas which are the most stunning shades of blue and green, with 5 islands in
the distance and jolly beach to our right – jolly beach is reputed to be one of
the best beaches on Antigua.
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| Coming into anchor at Jolly beach |
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| Jolly beach |
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| Five islands outside Jolly harbour - look at that sea! |
We spent a couple of days at
anchor relaxing; we celebrated Amanda’s birthday by doing nothing!
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| Magnum at anchor outside Jolly harbour |
We then
headed into the marina for a couple of days as we needed to do a few jobs on
the boat and it as going to be useful to have electric and we would have needed
to get water anyway. As always in the
marina we rushed around like made to get things done whilst the wildlife
relaxed around us.
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| Igret just sat next to us |
We were lucky enough to spend most
of our second day on Jolly beach and yes people are right that it is beautiful
the only slight issue for us was the sandy waters were so unclear you could not
see your hand in front of your face so no snorkelling just a bit of the swim
but seen most of the visitors are from the all inclusive resorts that line the
shore they are only worried about whether they can still see there all
inclusive cocktail whilst having a chat in the sea J
Jolly harbour was a friendly
marina although is getting very run down, there was a large building which was
once a casino and is no longer, not all of the retail outlets are occupied and
it looks a bit tired but they were doing work to improve and with a new
Atlantic rally ending there in a few years time I am sure they are going to be
grateful of the huge revenue potential that will bring.
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| Leaving Jolly harbour |
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