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Donahue's pointed out a couple of spots
on this coast where we have to be careful), winds roaring down mountain slopes
and rushing for our sails like friendly
dogs.
It's winter back home in Canada. Not
here.
In his Cruising Guide to the Leeward
Islands Chris Doyle suggests that Antigua
and her shy sister Barbuda boast a greater
scope and variety of anchorages than any
other Leeward Islands destination.
He's not wrong, I think, but he might
be missing the point. It's all about the
sailing.
It's thirty degrees Celsius, the winds
are steady at fifteen knots and we're
breaking eight once we set the sails for a
beam reach.
The author (right) shares a libation with crew Ed and Kim North at Deep Bay.
A BEAM REACH
FOR PARADISE
I let my thoughts wander as "Blue
Voyage" races north. I further reflect on
Doyle and this whole question.
ANCHORAGES OR PASSAGES?
We pass Ffryes Beach and Jolly Beach, glowing sand fronting
neon waters. We safely skirt Ffryes Shoal.
It's getting downright metaphysical, this issue: ying and yang.
Then we drop sails and pull into Deep Bay for the night.
Wavelets nuzzle the boat as the sun nose-dives toward the horizon like a hungry pelican, setting the skies on fire, a spectacle
we watch from the cockpit, nursing cocktails made from English
Harbour Rum.
Next day we dinghy ashore to a beach with sand like brown
sugar, rainbow-dyed wraps flapping and flogging on a clothesline
beside a vendor's hut. A couple running an excursion tour for
cruise passengers invites us to share in jerk chicken and rum
punch then we scramble up a trail through scrub forest, climbing to the heights where the ruins of Fort Barrington squat
implacably, where - on this clear day - we can see forever,
where we bond with sure-footed goats on the lips of precipitous
cliffs, while turquoise waters nuzzle the rocks far below, morphing to teal farther out, cobalt in the farthest distance.
Maybe Doyle's right, I think, there above Deep Bay:
St. John's reclines in the distance, the resorts of Dickenson Bay
with their kaleidoscope roofs broken up by bursts of green
foliage line the shore, the white triangle and characteristic
red-wrapped forestay of another Sunsail boat makes for
points north.
We weigh anchor and come out of the lee of Fort Barrington.
White spindrift marbles the water in the opening off St. John's
like the fat in a prime steak, wind skipping across the water like
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Vantage Point: First Time Charter Vacation
Club Profile: Beaconsfield Yacht Club
Travel Destination: Cowichan Bay
Boatbuilder Profile: A Trip to Iconic Italian Yachtbuilder Riva and Lake Como
Charter Destination: Our Top 5 Caribbean Destinations
The Port Hole
Charter Destination: Antigua; A Beam Reach for Paradise
Sail Review: Elan GT5
Power Review: Jeanneau Leader 10.5
Crossing The Line: Boatonomics for 2018
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