Dear All
Hi-dee-hi, and all that - yeah Mon.
We find ourselves back in English Harbour Antigua, where apparently Nelson liked his fishcakes done well. There is a museum with a rusty shackle to prove it. However, after Waterloo the dockyard was used a lot less, but it still took us Brits another hundred years or so, to hand it back to the locals. The photo of the bay shows English Harbour in the foreground with Falmouth behind - nasty complaint!
The picture is the Pillars of Hercules, which is just outside English Harbour, I believe they look even better after a hard sail - something to do with relief, I suppose.
The Antiguans have just voted, and re-elected UPP - 5 more years - it was close, but great to see so many people enthusiastic to vote. Just to make sure they weren't legless, no alcohol could be sold in bars until the polls closed - not even to non-registered folk - we tried!! We got chatting to one of the locals, who reckons that the new government will face a tough time as the global recession starts to bite a bit more here. We got a pretty good analysis of the situation, and lots of radios have been tuned to the election, which is unusual - it's normally cricket.
We are back to just two on board again, and we will soon be heading off towards the Bahamas, stopping at various islands on the way. First stop will be Nevis or St Kitts, or both, then on to BVI.
We managed to get a couple of things fixed, maintenance continues apace!! There always seems to be more available to do. The latest fix has now also restored the ability to see the water temperature, we are wondering how we managed without it - 27 C for the curious. What it has actually given us back is the water speed, which when you know the Speed Over Ground, tells you what the current is doing - you at the back - please stop yawning!
The replacement dink is settling in to its new life. Weighing at several more pounds than the old contender, she has gained the name "Bernard" (for those who are confused - w
atch the movie "Stardust".The sunset is at Davis Bay on Long Island. There is a resort undergoing major re-construction, Jumby Bay. Apparently jumby means "ghost", unusual spin on the marketing, I guess. Whilst there, Sam saw a ray jump out of the water about 8 feet into the air, she thought it was a bird (cardinal) at first, but when it stayed underwater a long time, she twigged it couldn't be. We both saw the second jump, only 4 feet, must have been running out of battery.
