We left Guadeloupe and headed further north to Antigua 💙
We waited for a “perfect” weather window to head across in but the weather Gods were against us ONCE AGAIN. We headed out expecting great conditions only to be hit with squall after squall and big seas that were beam on. It was completely manageable it was just completely opposite of what we were expecting. We’ve gotten used to the fact that almost every weather station we look at is not accurate. We were looking at 3 different sites and for once they all suggested great conditions.
At one stage it started to get really rough and the wind started picking up. We noticed that the monohull about a mile in front of us suddenly did a 180 degree turn and started heading back to Guadeloupe. We then started to panic while wondering what the heck lay ahead of us. We carried on and once again it was just a big squall. It seems after speaking to a few other boats that did the crossing on different days, everyone experienced squalls off the north coast of Guadeloupe and rough seas. We pushed through and about half way across the channel the skies started to clear and the conditions got a lot better.
We arrived at Jolly harbour, headed in to customs and immigration and checked in.
With 3 other “buddy boats” in the bay we headed out for a hike and beautiful sundowners before we headed across the Falmouth to be closer to the school Colben and Teagan were doing their courses through.
Antiguas waters were AMAZING, clear and bright blue! We really enjoyed Falmouth because the water was so clear you could see the anchor chain lying on the floor.
In next weeks episode we show you some more of Antigua, it’s beautiful waters, amazing views and we say final goodbyes to some special friends 💙