Falmouth Harbour

Before saying goodbye to this part of Antigua we had to sail into Falmouth harbour although we had walked from English to Falmouth we had not seen the harbour from the sea or been able to admire some of the boats that were moored there.

Falmouth harbour is where the English made landfall in the 1600’s and now it is a sea of masts.

Sailing into Falmouth harbour

One of the most impressive boats in the harbour is the Maltese Falcon which is a 289ft super yacht which has unique sails/mast design, the boat originally cost between $150 and $300 million although was sold in 2009 for £60,000.  It can now be chartered for around 400,000 euros a week!  The boat was of particular interest to Mark as Insensys the company he was working for prior to us leaving the UK, actually designed the sail system and the fibre optic monitoring system which monitors the rig.

Mark posing by the Maltese Falcon

The Maltese Falcon

The Maltese Falcon

We also saw Leopard which is a super yacht from the Solent which we had seen in Tenerife  just before it raced across Atlantic and then since arriving at Les Saintes.

Leopard in Antigua

There is also the ridiculously large powerboat Ace, this would not seem that large and extravagant as we did see a lot of superyachts in the Med but what made this one special was it’s support vessel which was called Garcon and carried all of Aces toys – helicopter, speedboats, etc!

Garcon - with helicopter and speedboat on deck

Ace