Yacht adventure

Antigua to Australia. 10,000 miles, 51 foot yacht, 2 crew.

Sunday, January 6, 2008

We're here

Hi all, We made it! Long flight, about 36 hours. We had a day in LA to fill in and rather than sit at the airport, went and had a look at Venice Beach. Every possible walk of life and nationality....interesting place, but nice to be out of there, and back in the warm tropics and slower lifestyle.

This is the yacht sitting in her berth in Jolly Harbour, Antigua. We have had a couple of really busy days, but are very happy that all is in order and that she is going to sail really well. With 3 cabins, all with ensuites, it is a fantastic luxury. There are some minor repairs being done at the moment, so our plan is to depart from here early on Thursday morning if we can. From here it will be straight through to Panama, and the Canal.

Best way to contact us if you need to is to put a comment on this site, and a very nice person will get a short message to us. We do have email, but it is all through the sat phone once we leave here and so very expensive to download.

All is good and we are all well. The owners are onboard as well (until Monday) and the yacht is accommodating the 7 of us really well. It is going to seem very empty after Monday.

Antigua is a beautiful place. We have not had much time to explore yet, but intend to have a bit of a look about tomorrow. Being Sunday, there will be little open, so we thought getting about the place would be good. Will send another post in a couple of days. Hope you are all well there, and that you are not working too hard! :)

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Blogger stickybeak said...

Hi guys,
Looks cool, glad the boat checked out well. Hope you don't mind that I took the liberty to add an extra photo of Jolly Harbour - it just looks so cool there. I bet you are keen to get going though. You'll have to go back some day to spend more time.
Have a fantastic sail to Panama. We look forward to hearing more from you (hopefully) along the way.

January 6, 2008 at 7:09 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

It is nice to hear from you also it is good both of you arrive at Antigua safelly.

Take care and have a great trip !
I'm look forward to hear from both of you.

January 10, 2008 at 8:33 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

gday from wauchope farm.glad to see your progress its so good to see people injoy their lives.amanda started highschool today..pig is living with eddie on farm.

January 30, 2008 at 9:24 PM  

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