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Information we discovered during our travels.

Deep Bay, Fort James, & Exploring the Northern Coast of Antigua

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Today we explored the northernmost regions of the island. The first place we went to was the beach at Deep Bay. You may remember that we attempted to anchor in Deep Bay when we first arrived from Barbuda. We remembered it was beautiful and thought it would be a nice beach to go back to. Getting to Deep Bay was a little hairy. We went to St. John’s, then headed west. In general, the roads in Antigua aren’t well maintained, but the road west was worse than usual. Near the bay, we turned off on a small side road that was nothing but a giant pothole. We think we Continue reading →

Beaches, View Points, Fort Berkley & Blowers

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Yesterday morning we went back to Pigeon Beach for a while, and then headed over to one of the stunningly beautiful beaches we had seen on the drive up to Jolly Harbor yesterday. We believe it is called Darkwood Beach, but we are not positive.

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Unfortunately, the weather was uncooperative. It has rained a lot every day we have been here. The rain tends to be hard, but normally it doesn’t last long before the cloud passes and the skies are blue again. However, yesterday it just wouldn’t let up. Rather than brief showers, we had brief periods without showers. After making a few runs to the car to get out of the pounding rain, we finally gave up and headed back to Kosmos.

On the way back, we stopped at a place that Continue reading →

Taking John to St. John’s, Antigua

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Yesterday, we were quite surprised by our carpet quotes. Both owners came out personally. One company was very professional. They gave us a written quote at a reasonable rate. The other company was less professional. They quoted almost double the price and didn’t put it in writing. We also got an uneasy sense that the final bill would be more than the quote. Needless to say, we hired the more professional company. They arrived first thing this morning to start work.

It was a relief to get the carpets and upholstery done. Ever since Continue reading →

Exploring Nelson’s Dockyard & Falmouth Harbor

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Yesterday Christi slept in especially late, and when she did get up, she was moving slow. Between swimming all day and dancing all night, she had gotten more exercise than normal and she was feeling it.

We puttered around all morning, and at 1330, she finally got underwater to do the metal. On the port side, the metal had a small amount of growth, nothing major. The bottom has a fine, thin layer of grass starting to grow. She scraped the metal, then moved to the starboard side and almost had a heart attack. The metal on this side was Continue reading →