Anchored in Falmouth Harbor, Antigua

We're feeling euphoric right now. We enjoyed a great final day of spinnaker sailing, doing mostly 7-8 knots. We dropped the hook at 3 p.m. in Falmouth Harbor under clear blue skies. We had been warned that having a pet on board would be a problem here. But there was nothing to fear. We checked the 'pet on board' box, they asked what kind, shrugged and stamped us in. That was it. They didn't even ask to see her papers! We bought fresh produce, returned to the boat, enjoyed happy hour in the cockpit as we watched the beautiful Caribbean sunset, ate a great big fresh salad and now we are ecstatic to know that we can sleep in our comfortable bed tonight snuggled together (rather than hot bunking in the sea berth on the off watch). Oh! Life is good!

I want to send a special thanks to s/v Solstice, Shirley for helping me set up this blog and John for the SSB refresher course. Thank you Herb, Southbound II, for the daily weather forecast and routing advice. A great big thanks to Mary on s/v Berkeley East for the funny daily news updates. Kudos to Jim on s/v Orinoco, who at age 71 is solo sailing across the Atlantic continuing through the Panama Canal and up to Canada. Heartfelt sympathy to Terry and Deb on s/v Wings, who on this ocean crossing learned that their home burned down on News Year Day. A very special thank you to our kids and grandkids for your love and support of our crazy lifestyle. We love you.

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