After enjoying Five Island and Pinching Bay for a few days we pulled up anchor and headed north, under full canvas! With light winds out of the east we sailed a few miles to Deep Bay, our staging point for the trip to Barbuda.
It’s exhilarating to have all the sails flying!
The island of Monsterrat in the distance, Volcano spewing steam into the sky:
Passing our private beach at Pinching Bay:
Approaching Hawksbill rock, in front of Hawksbill Resort. We stayed at this resort 12 years ago http://rexresorts.com/antigua/hawksbill/:
Eden beach:
Hawksbill Resort. The picture is terrible, the place is really nice, four beaches, all inclusive, and cheap:
A beautiful view from Deep Bay Antigua:
Sunset and the island of Nevis:
The next day we got up to find out what new paradise we were in. Welcome, Dea Latis to the right:
Antigua is littered with beautiful beaches, almost as nice as the Bahamas:
We decided to hike to the fortification on top of the hill. Better view of the beach:
Dea Latis on the right:
The fortification. Not sure what it was for but maybe a signal station or lookout? It’s not very big and there did not seem to be any gun placements.
And this is exactly what Antigua needs, right on this unspoiled public beach:
We walked down to the south end of the beach to look at the failed 280 room hotel with this beach bar:
Then into the dinghy to check out this fishing boat that was converted into a mega-yacht, The Pink Shrimp http://www.yachtingmagazine.com/104-foot-shrimper-character-counts:
And back to the boat for some of the best sushi we have made:
Deep Bay was wonderful but we found some favorable winds for the jump to Barbuda, so off we went and here we are…