We never expected to go to Antigua, but here we are. The wind blew us here instead of Guadeloupe. We lefft Nevis on Thursday, April 24, and sailed to Montserrat, where we anchored for the night and left at dawn. When we rounded the northern tip of the island and set a southerly course for Guadeloupe, we found a south wind against us on the nose, with a southerly chop washing over the bow. We were looking at 30 miles of motoring against that wind and chop, or - look! There's another island over to our east! That would be a close reach, so let's do it! So we had a nice sail over to Antigua.
We just happened to be here during Race Week, with all the hustle and bustle of a major international regatta in town. We'll stay for a week, see the sights, and then escape to quieter anchorages in Guadeloupe.
We found this shop in St. John, the capitol of Antigua - imagine a shop named after our boat!