DEEP BLUE IN THE CARIBBEAN

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November 11, 2017
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Day 1
Saturday, November 11, 2017 at 3:40 PM
⛅ 8 °C
Altitude: 135 ft
England Peterborough Business Airport 52.476106, -0.25354852°28’34” N 0°15’13” W
DEEP BLUE IN THE CARIBBEAN
November 11, 2017 in England ⋅ ⛅ 8 °C
Wow! at long last, it’s nearly upon us. Our reunion with our Sailing yacht “DEEP BLUE” she has been laying in Antigua since the previous owners, Chris and Sandra Mennem, a lovely couple who sold us their pride and joy Deep Blue, who are now on a road trip around Europe ( find penguins “time for a road trip”)

We plan on flying out to Antigua 23rd November, and have many things to do, before her launch at the end of November from Jolly Harbour marina.
Then we plan on sailing south to at least Grenada and have a few friends joining us at various points in our journey.
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TravelerWow, what a fabulous, fast boat. Enjoy!
11/11/17Reply
TravelerLooking forward to it now. Will see you in February. You better get practising at that fishing. We will need to eat. Going to get some lobsters this time. You have been promising us lobster for years and never produced the goods. Ha ha
11/11/17Reply
TravelerLooking forward to following you. Have a lovely time see you in March.
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Day 22
Saturday, December 2, 2017 at 10:42 AM
⛅ 28 °C
Altitude: 43 ft
Antigua and Barbuda Jolly Hill Salt Pond 17.065199, -61.88440117°3’55” N 61°53’4” W
Antigua Marina
December 2, 2017 in Antigua and Barbuda ⋅ ⛅ 28 °C
So we are here at last! So much to do this last week getting to know the boat and where everything is. Melvyn has been busy doing a few jobs on the electrics and checking batteries and a host of other jobs, The yacht is lovely and was in immaculate condition when we arrived and this was down to the lovely previous owners Chris and Sandra who we have been bombarding with questions since we arrived,! Sorry guys!
We launched on Wednesday which was exciting seeing DB being lowered into the water and then we couldn’t start the engine! wasn’t long before Mel got into action and jump started the batteries and then we were away.
We have spent the last 2 nights in the marina doing more cleaning jobs and are planning on leaving today and anchoring out in the bay where it will be a lot cooler.
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Trip end
December 2, 2017