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| 15/04/06 - Gatwick to Antigua |
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| Landed! |
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| On board with James and Lorna in Falmouth Bay |
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| Pizza in English Harbour |
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| 16/04/06 |
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| English Harbour |
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| Collecting fresh rain water |
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| Dolphins |
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| Lorna couldn't wait to swim with them |
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| Up with the flippers! |
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| Falmouth Bay again |
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| I wish this was mine! |
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| Taking a short-cut up to Shirley Heights (only 1.5 miles!) |
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| We didn't realise this was a Hermit Crab until later |
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| Look-out point over English Harbour |
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| A great meal at the Calabash at EH |
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| 17/04/06 |
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| Club Havana - Internet Cafe |
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| Jo thought these were really cute - probably going to be goat curry! |
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| Checking the anchor |
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| Chef getting prepared |
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| Sundowners on the bow |
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| 18/04/06 |
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| Carlisle Bay |
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| Look closely for the turtle |
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| Another turtle |
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| Cleaning out the anchor box |
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| 19/04/06 |
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| Jolly Harbour |
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| Five Islands Bay |
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| The Hawksbill Rock - looks like a mouse's head from a distance |
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| The funnel from the wreck of the Andes lying in Deep Bay. |
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| Jo togging up for first swimming lesson |
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| A view of the wreck |
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| The bow tow-eye is the only other visible part of the wreck |
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| Jo spotted a cruise liner |
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| 20/04/06 - Trip to St John's - capital of Antigua |
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| James coming from the boat to get us |
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| Runaway Bay |
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| First sight of the spinnaker |
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| Dickinson Bay |
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| 21/04/06 |
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| View of Monserrat and the smoking volcano |
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| End of 21/04/06 sailing - 36.33 nautical miles at a max of 9 kts |
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| 22/04/06 |
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| Sailing past Guadeloupe |
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| Near miss! |
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| Lighthouse at the South West of Guadeloupe |
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| Sun block time! |
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| End of sailing for 22/04/06 at the Terre-du-Haut island in Les Saintes (south of Guadeloupe) - 84.37 nautical miles at a max of 10.9 Kts |
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| 23/04/06 - Hotel Bois Joli at bay near Morne Bois Joli |
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| Anse Saints |
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| Liberté, Egalité, Fraternité |
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| Orgues de Basalte |
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| Nice hats! |
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| Sheltered island off Le Gosier on the south east coast of Guadeloupe near the capital Pointe-ŕ-Pitre |
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| At Gosier on 23/04/06 - end of sailing from Les Saintes - sailed 25.77 nautical miles at max of 8.3 kts |
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| Dingyed to shore for a meal - but as it was a Sunday the Gendarmes pointed us to the only restaurant (Quatre Epices) which was open |
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| Preparing for lobster! |
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| Which one is the lobster? |
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| 24/04/06 - Spent afternoon in Pointe-ŕ-Petre |
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| A pelican keeping it's eye on the fishing boats |
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| Jo likes it here |
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| But needed a rest |
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| Visited this fantastic Catana 581 owned by Tiery - a friend of James - available for charter |
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| Harken electric winches - lovely! |
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| Second night at Gosier |
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