visit while I moved the boat to the Catamaran Marina (aka Cat Club).
Jim came down from Maine and spent the week on a long list of items
ranging from cosmetic to annoyance to needing new fiberglass work.
Some of the more major items still need work (like our ongoing
autopilot saga). We'll return to the marina in a couple of weeks for
another list of items, and then yet another set of items will be
deferred until this summer.
Jim also brought some great pieces with him from Lyman Morse. We got
a new "cocktail" table for the cockpit, small and easy to set up, just
the right size for cocktails, or dinner for just two. Michael made
new poles for our bimini which are really great. The bimini looks
better than ever and is keeping the cockpit shaded and cool, yet still
allows good air flow and view of the horizon.
We decided to leave New Morning at the Car Club for hurricane season.
She'll be in a one piece cradle, strapped to mother earth with the
decks stripped and the boom removed, but the mast still stepped. And
of course we hope that no hurricanes will pass through Antigua this
summer.
Fay returned on Saturday and yesterday (Sunday) we moved to Five
Islands Bay and anchored again off the Hermitage resort. It's a
beautiful spot and a peaceful anchorage. The produce containers
arrive in Antigua on Monday so tomorrow Fay will go shopping for
produce in Jolly Harbor. Then on Wednesday we'll sail about 30 miles
to Barbuda. The beaches are supposed to be unbelievable (11 miles of
uninterrupted white sand) and very few boats. Eleven miles of beach
is also a fairly open anchorage, but we're hoping that the east winds
and seas will mean the west side of the island is pretty calm.
