Tuesday, November 17, 2009

Off the dock

On Sunday we finally got off the dock. The dinghy was inflated, the
outboards fueled and lubricated, the water tanks filled and we made
our escape. We're now anchored in Freeman's Bay, English Harbour.

It's a little cooler here, and we don't pay dockage fees. There was a
spectacular electrical storm last night as a big front is passing to
the north. Fortunately not too much wind, but a good rain left the
decks sparkling clean!

The weather is unsettled and the wind and waves are confused so the
anchorage is pretty rolly, even with the flopper-stopper deployed.
Now we have a long list of things to do before we can leave Antigua,
but we hope to escape next week for a week or so. Then we'll head
back to Falmouth so Lyman Morse can do some additional work. We're
tentatively planning on a dive trip to Dominica while they work on
the boat.