SAILING SOUTH FROM ANTIGUA, 17 April

We didn't watch the end of the classic racing and decided to head South to Guadaloupe and the Islands of Les Saints. Wind was very low so we motor-sailed to Deshais and then on to the Islands of Les Saints. This being one of our preferred destinations because of the clear water and amazing restaurants.

One restaurant in particular has a "jungle" courtyard at the back which is populated by tree frogs which makes lovely piercing jungle noise.. Hard to spot but we managed to get a picture of one.

On the mooring in Terre de Haut

The Tree Frog restaurant

Our noisy little friend.. One of them...

ANTIGUA CLASSICS RACING WEEK, 14 TO 19 April

We went back to Falmouth Harbour to watch the amazing classic yachts racing. Every day we sat in our cockpit while at anchor and watched the yachts glide past and line up on the regatta start line. Then in the evenings we congregated at the yacht club to see the prize presentations and thevarios musical events.

CRUISING THE NORTH OF ANTIGUA

After Jolly Harbour the next area that we explored was Boon Channel, Jumby Bay and the Great Bird Island area.

Boon channel was interesting because it's between the outer reefs and the North coast of Antigua. Past Prickly Island the first anchorage we tried was Jumby. This was nice but hectic ski boats spoilt the peace, so we moved on to Great Bird Island which was great for 'snorkeling' and exploring ashore.

JOLLY HARBOUR

After a week or so in Falmouth bay on the south coast of Antigua we sailed to Jolly Harbour to savour another area of this amazing island. Here there are better facilities for provisioning (supermarket.), and we are just a short bus ride away from the capital town of Saint Johns.

The restaurants are good and there is live music in the evenings..