Looking a bit like a scene from Jurassic Park upon approach, rugged, volcanically derived peaks oversee the only working port. Little Bay is a cute name for a slightly indented shoreline where a concrete pier accepts daily smallish cargo and ferry ships, as well as minuscule rubber inflatable dinghies such as ours. In fact we …
Author: capnchris
Precious Stuff
Join us for a day in the life of Fayaway's inhabitants, as we currently reside in Antigua. We began this typical morning after having a somewhat fitful evening of loud music (from a nearby club 'til 0100), strong wind gusts and heavy rain squalls through our anchorage in Freeman's Bay, Antigua. Fayaway rocks around a …
St George’s to Jolly
Jolly Harbor, Antigua that is. And that's from St George's, Bermuda. We had to repeat that today to a couple guys on a holiday from New York. It always seems to take me aback when people are surprised to hear that we sailed here. And yes, to answer another common question, it is only the …
Which Way Do We Go?
Reader Intervention Requested! Pondering during our relaxation from travel period here in Beautiful Antigua, we start discussing the next places to visit. You may recall me responding to questions about where we are going, even before we left. Ok, you got one of us to answer reluctantly, perhaps saying, “South”, which may have then sounded …
Rock And Roll
Or More Antigua Passage Notes. Decades ago, during one of my very first offshore passages, slogging down the east coast of New England, a familiar Old Salt in a nearby sailing vessel often used the term rock and roll to describe our condition over the radio. He'd say with a twangy drawl, We loooove rock …
Orion The Hunter
More passage notes. Some readers might recall that Orion The Hunter was an 80's rock band. Barry Goudreau's distorted lead guitar sound is quite distinctive, sounding much like when he was in the group Boston. Barry would use studio magic to artfully mix several distorted guitar tracks, creating a signature sound. Barry Goudreau's Orion The …
Bermuda We Love You, But…
...We're ready to go. How many rum swizzles does it take!? After an unplanned arrival in darkness through a treacherous coral entrance nine days ago, we are making preparations for the departure from Bermuda by an easier route. This time we'll pass outward through the reefed gateway during daylight, and it will be on our …
What Are You Waiting For?!
There are worse places to be than Bermuda in late November. Much to explore, warm (shorts) weather and people. We didn’t intend to be here, but it really is quite nice. Upon arrival we knew we’d be here for several days, and so started to make the best of a good situation. Sailor Kelly with …
Antigua Will Wait
We arrived last night at St George’s, Bermuda customs dock, cleared-in and secured (more like scored) a cozy spot against an ancient concrete quay. We are lucky to have this spot, literally tied to a cannon, considering the weather (get to that in a minute), as we just squeezed-in between the pilot boat St David …
How We Got Here (part 2 of 2)
In the first part I described how we started this adventure, and not in the sense of casting off, but how it really started. We left off at the point of changing our anticipated date of departure, but had yet to tell everyone in our lives... Sailor Kelly works At Fayaway’s taffrail We were living …
