Antigua

We have had the best sailing yet on Sunflower for most of the Caribbean with the wind on the beam and plenty of it but now we are at the top of the chain and it's all downhill sailing for a while heading west once again. Antigua would be one of my favourite islands. I had always wanted to come and see the mega yachts but thought a day or 2 would be enough of the glitz and glamour but it was nothing like. Yea a lot of seriously bloody serious yachts in Falmouth and English harbours with lots of Perini Navi's 50+m, Old Americas cup J boats and everything  in between plus the disgusting white boats but then where we have been mostly anchored in Deep Bay on the other side of the island there's hardly a one yet a beautiful anchorage. Antigua is blessed with beautiful anchorages all over with protected bays everywhere but then there are also the "Christmas Winds", it's like Fremantle in the summer with a non stop screaming easterly that stirs up the water with a bit of groundswell so snorkelling is out of the question but it's all good;) the people are all very friendly and it's the most English islands we have been to they even have a rasta style English accent and play reggae Xmas tunes such as my favourite "does santa come to the getto", no joke heaps of reggae Xmas songs! 

A couple of days before Xmas our Finnish friends on "Everafter" and "KasteHelmi" and also Luis our Argentinian friend arrived here in Deep Bay and it has been great fun, bit of a rum overdose but great fun! Xmas on the beach with loads of great Finnish food, Ham ect and a Seafood BBQ was a serious feast for sure, good times! Really happy we got to meet up with them to share the day. 

Now that the hangover has almost passed it's time to get Sunflower ready for the 180 mile sail to the BVI's. There is a small island called Jast Van Dyke with normally 200 people on it but they put on a massive 3 day party for New Years that brings a few thousand people, will be crazy for sure. So tomorrow we leave and should arrive on the 29th and then it's just a 30 mile sail to Culebra where I fly back to Australia mid Jan for work.