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    • Day 8

      Landausflug auf Antigua nach St. Johns

      February 13, 2020 in Antigua and Barbuda ⋅ ☀️ 27 °C

      Nachdem wir innerhalb von 4 Tagen nach Antigua rauf gesegelt sind wollten wir unbedingt mal wieder aufs Land. Landausflug war angesagt. Wir sind also in English Harbour einem Traumhafen der bis dato zu GB gehört und sehr viel englische Kultur in sich trägt. Hier haben wir unseren zahnlosen Fahrer Runfor kennengelernt, einen etwas “Highen” Antiguaner der uns für 20€ pro Person die Insel zeigte. Zunächst fuhren wir durch den Regenwald, dann über eine Landstraße in die Stadt St. John’s. Auf dem Weg dahin haben wir ca. 20 Kirche gesehen, da die Leute sehr religiös sind. Am Straßenrand verkauften sehr arme Menschen Obst un selbstgebastelte Dinge, Wahnsinn wie nah arm und ich reich hier ist. St. John’s war schön, sehr touristisch aber klein. Die Fahrt mit Runfor war es wert, denn seine Unbeschwertheit und Lebensfreude brachte uns so sehr zum Lachen und wie er sagt : “lachen ist die beste Medizin”.Read more

    • Day 191

      Sunddowner

      February 26 in Antigua and Barbuda ⋅ 🌙 26 °C

      Sprung zurück nach Jolly Habour! Für uns geht es nun daran, das Land von innen zu erkunden. Zunächst nach St. John's und dann tags darauf per Mietwagen um die Insel!

      Doch zunächst ankern wir in der nächsten Bucht und fahren mit dem Dinghi an Land. Die Sonne ist kurz vorm Horizont. Zeit für einen Sundowner!Read more

    • Day 190

      Geburtstagsfeier

      February 25 in Antigua and Barbuda ⋅ 🌙 26 °C

      Wir haben am Nachmittah erneut den Ankerplatz gewechselt und liegen unweit entfernt vor dem nächsten Sandstrand.
      Luise von den LeeLoos hat Geburtstag! Das muss natürlich gefeiert werden und wir sind dabei :)Read more

    • Day 190

      Türkises Meer und weißer Sand

      February 25 in Antigua and Barbuda ⋅ ☀️ 26 °C

      Willkommen in der Karibik! Hier kann man es aushalten! Schon 10 Seemeilen bevor wir unser Ziel erreichen können wir den Meeresgrund sehen. Um uns herum ist das Wasser türkis. An Land sehen wir die ersten Palmen an weißen Sandstränden. Die Welt scheint kitschig surreal.

      Der Anker geht diesmal bereits früh am Morgen aus dem Grund. Um 05:48 wecke ich Jonas. Die Mädels sind dank Jet-Lag bereits wach. Etwas verschlafen, hieven wir den Anker und verlassen unter Motor die Bucht. Nach einer unruhigen Nacht, ist keiner traurig, Gouadeloupe bereits hinter uns zu lassen. Während wir die Segel hochziehen, verlassen wir bereits den Landschatten und können diesmal super zügig den Motor stoppen und segeln. Doch wir sind nicht die einzigen. Hinter uns ergießt sich eine Armada an Segeln in den Atlantik. Es scheint als wäre die gesamte Bucht erwacht und nach und nach segeln immer mehr Boote in den Norden. Der Wind ist perfekt. Leicht südliche Tendenz, wenig Welle - auch Anna kann den Tag heute schon viel besser genießen als den gestrigen.
      Die große Genua zieht uns durch den Tag. Die Meilen purzeln herunter und schon am frühen Nachmittag erreichen wir die 10 m Linie.
      Neben uns bemerken wir immer wieder große Tiere an der Meeresoberfläche - Rochen und Schildkröten nennen die Bucht ihr zuhause. Doch man muss ein gutes Auge haben und zur richtigen Zeit hinschauen. Denn so schnell; wie sie auftauchen, sind sie auch wieder verschwunden. Ich freue mich bereits auf die Tauch- und Schnorcheleinheiten.
      Dann fällt der Anker in 5 m Tiefe vor einem weißen Sandstrand. Jonas hatte die Mädels bereits vorgewarnt und spricht die magischen Worte: Der Anker hält. Und kurz danach macht es Platsch Platsch Platsch Platsch. Ab ins kühle Nass!
      Für mich ein kurzer Spaß. Die Pflicht ruft. Schnell ist das Boot aufgebaut und ich bin mit Dirk vom Nachbarboot auf dem Weg in die Stadt. Einklarieren. Hier etwas aufwändig, aber definitiv einfacher als in Mexiko. Man fühlt sich wie beim Passierschein A38 beantragen. Von Port Health zu Customs zu Immigration zu Customs zu Port Authority und dann hat man für 80 East Caribbean Dollars seine Permit in der Hand. Die gelbe Flagge darf runtergenommen werden. Und somit haben wir erneut ein neues Land auf unserer Liste!
      Das muss gefeiert werden. Und wir ginge das besser als mit einem Cocktail aus einer frisch aufgeschlagenen Kokosnuss. Das Leben kann so schön sein 🍹🥥🌴😇
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    • Day 20

      Last Day at working dock

      February 2 in Antigua and Barbuda ⋅ ☀️ 27 °C

      The push was on today to get everything done! Two more windows finished up for a total of 6. Brian and I will still need to epoxy the bungs in to cove the screws in the frame… a job for another day.
      I had a meeting with Lisa G (FTHS) and with Andrèia in the morning, since the aft windows were getting the work, I headed to a coffee shop. I saw Lina and John (s/v Two Captains) again… they had stopped by with there dingy yesterday as they recognized Lorena on there was to the Marina.
      Back on the boat I chatted with Andrew (and ladybug) and Dad, and I had a grant to apply for and some tax/ payroll issues to rectified. Brian made trips to Budget Marine and checked up out at customs/ immigration. He then put the connector on the wash down pump hose and stuffed everything back under the V-berth.
      I went for a shower (always nice to not worry about water when washing my tangled hair). Then filled the water tanks … boat hold around 260 gallons when all full and washed down Lorena.
      We went to Epicurean grocery to provision again and hauled it back to the boat. Had some yummy hamburgers and started to get stuff ready for a morning departure.
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    • Day 19

      Yoga and Labour

      February 1 in Antigua and Barbuda ⋅ ☀️ 28 °C

      Last night we briefly met with Nicholas and Maria at La Cantina (the Mexican restaurant on the water that Brian and I went to a few times). They were meeting with strangers that brought them a replacement ice maker from the UK…turns out that Brian knows them, Fiona and Chris (s/v Carioca). They are part of the Salty Dogs but had put the boat on the hard while away, and are splashing in today.
      Maria and I made plans to do yoga in the morning. It rained hard during the night and early morning, so we delayed till 10am. She came by the boat to grab wifi, download emails and then we walked to the marina lawn to practice together. Back to the boat and I helped the rest of the day as best I could as we had two more windows we were trying to squeeze out.
      We had pork chops that needed to be eaten up as we had defrosted the freezers and fond it wasn’t frozen. I made a salad as normal (or whenever we can get spinach and lettuce, and we had some plantains with it. This week I also tried Amaranth, and we would have it for both supper and breakfast. We were both exhausted and in bed before 9pm. Still haven’t finished Mid Summer Nights Dream as I am so tired by the time evening rolls around.
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    • Day 18

      Work days & Lobster

      January 31 in Antigua and Barbuda ⋅ ☀️ 28 °C

      Ive had to lock myself in the aft cabin to get some work done, amidst the construction zone of windows being done in the salon and nav station.
      When I can, I go and put on coats of gloss on the bow, or dig the rot out of the window sills.
      Having shore power and access to unlimited water is great! The Marina showers are nice, but the boat also had a big shower with good pressure. After a shower on Tuesday we went to La Cantina and had some Mahi-mahi ceviche as a snack…. But then got eaten by bugs again.
      We tried the custard apple and the chocolate fruit. Both were great! The chocolate fruit was like scooping out chocolate pudding, delicious!
      On Wednesday evening we walked in the opposite direction, towards customs and Al Porto, - beautiful restaurant on the water. Brian decided that we would eat at the restaurant and it was so GOOD. We had Caprese, and a seafood chowder to start, and then Brian had a full lobster and I had lobster thermidor.
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    • Day 13

      At my desk

      January 26 in Antigua and Barbuda ⋅ 🌬 27 °C

      Decided to brave the mosquitoes and get more sunlight as I worked today. Brian talked to Chris and found out he would not be coming untill Monday morning, but was given some tools to remove the bungs and start the work. He did boat chores while I worked all day, and evening. He made a great stir fry and I was eventually done at 8pm. Along with the consulting work I am organizing 2 yoga retreats…. One in Curaçao for April 6-13 and one in Nicaragua for October 19-26th. Next week I’ll get the website up and start Marketing it!Read more

    • Day 12

      Bugs

      January 25 in Antigua and Barbuda ⋅ 🌬 27 °C

      Andy and Karen in the Catamaran beside us warned of the bugs and they were correct. The mosquitoes attacked me viciously! The good news is that we had shore power and are able to run the a/c on the boat and I can lock myself in and do some work.
      Was nice to chat with the offspring this morning on her daily walk. My Telus # and SIM is with friends an my call forward is to a virtual Canadian number so I can make and receive calls here. Unfortunately, not texts …. So I’ve learned that third factor authentication is a pain but most can be redirected to a phone call or WhatsApp.
      Brian worked in the boat all day, washing the salt spray off the windows, polishing the boat. I worked on the computer with the citronella burning beside me. In the evening we walked the Jolly Marina docks to look at boats and ran into some interesting guys at the end dock… Rick was an older gentleman that loves to chat and walked to the end of the dock with us, where a guy got off his catamaran and came over to give me a fist bump grateful that I helped him lift his 85lb Manus anchor from his dingy to the concrete beside Lorena, earlier in the day.
      We then walked to the fruit stand and the grocery store (with no bags), so only bought a few things… like Gluten Free shortbread cookies (what a treat to find in the Caribbean Islands)!
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    • Day 11

      We Sail

      January 24 in Antigua and Barbuda ⋅ 🌬 27 °C

      The plan was to wait for a weather window, Sunday or Monday, and sail to either Guadeloupe or directly to Dominica. However that changed after Chris Whalen visited the boat. He was the carpenter who worked on the boat beside us. He explained that the teak on the deck would need to be redone and the windows as well. Brian wants to get the windows done and Chris had an opening next week. I pushed him a bit on timing and he said he could start this week, so we left Falmouth for Jolly…. But not without incident.
      We went to lower the davit to hoist the dingy but forgot to unpin the wind turbine, so we bent metal and pipes the support brace. We were able to grab it during a lull and tie it off to fix everything without the concern of being whacked by a blade. Finally we were ready to leave, but the anchor was resistant (enjoying its spot snug in the sand)…. But eventually it released.
      It was a quick sail with wind gust up to 35knots and mainly following seas.
      Chris and Arthur met us at the work dock to grab our lines and it was a bit tricky as it was blowing hard.
      Once settled we went the Marina office to check in and had a bite to eat at the Mexican restaurant. We later returned to the area in search of a shower.
      It was yoga and bed for me, but unfortunately the bugs here are really bad and my body was covered in bites in the morning!!
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