SAILING YACHT PERSEPHONE

Having completed our trip to Anegada, and with the weather forecast all over the place, we decided to spend a few days in the Channel Islands. First was Cooper Island, where we stayed two nights. This was a complete contrast to the remoteness of Anegada: The mooring field was packed with charter boats full of

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We left St Maarten around 7:30 pm for an overnight passage to the BVI. By this time it was just Jeremy and myself on board so we traded watches and didn’t get much sleep; however conditions were fairly easy and we didn’t get a squall until just before sunrise. We came into Spanish Town on

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We finally said goodbye to Antigua and sailed up to Barbuda. We had been there once before but were looking forward to having a bit more time there. Antigua and Barbuda are part of the same country but couldn’t be more different – Barbuda has only 1600 residents and miles of lovely sandy beaches. It

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Blox and Jamie stayed on for a couple more days after Christmas. We rented a car and explored the island a little (managing not to get any punctures this time!). We enjoyed a walk in the rain forest, and visited a couple of beaches we’d been to years before – unfortunately they were very busy

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Blox and Jamie have flown out to join us for a week over Christmas. We’ve enjoyed steel drums and reggae music at Shirley Heights, champagne in Nelson’s Dockyard on Christmas Day, a hike up to Fort George, and generally hanging out enjoying the sun! The Christmas Winds have kicked in and we’re not sure if

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Jeremy had a meeting to attend at the Isaac Newton Institute in Cambridge, and it was a good opportunity to check on things at home and see family. We flew back to Boston, getting home just before midnight on the 3rd, and then leaving before dawn on the 5th – we were home less than

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