Antigua is the centre of yachting – especially superyachting – in the Caribbean. We arrived into English Harbour on the south coast to meet up with friends, expecting to find ourselves in a tropical version of the Solent. Instead we found English Harbour very pleasant and civilised, and we appreciated the historical feel of the place. There’s plenty of good walking around the area and a favourite walk of ours was up and round the headlands from English Harbour to Falmouth Harbour through cacti, aloe plants, humming birds, many goats and amidst spectacular views to a small beach where the beach bar did excellent fruit smoothies! We also walked up to Shirley Heights for the weekly tourist bash, where loads of large Americans and sweaty Brits get bussed up, get drunk and get bussed back down. We arrived early enough to appreciate the spectacular views over English and Falmouth Harbours and to enjoy the excellent steel band – they call them steel orchestras over here – before wandering back down again.
Further round the spectacular south coast we met up with “Jemima”, another boat with kids on, with whom we spent a good couple of days cruising before we moved on northwest towards Nevis.
Date(s): March 2006. Album by Gerard Coulson. Photos by Gerard Coulson. 1 - 34 of 34 Total. 3979 Visits.
Arriving Antigua
The boys and Amanda in the fort overlooking English Harbour
English Harbour from the fort
Rob, Tom and Dave
Clarabella - extreme left - in Ordnance Bay
A humming bird approaching an Aloe tree with a lizard on!
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Overlooking Nelson's Dockyard
The entrance to English harbour
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A tiny Optomist dinghy in front of Mirabella V, the largest single-masted yacht in the world
Mirabella dwarfs the rest of the superyachts in Falmouth
At Shirley Heights
English and Falmouth Harbours, from Shirley Heights. Clarabella is on the left
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Clarabella off Nelson's Dockyard
Nelson's Dockyard
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Capstans, restored in the 50's by my Daddy!
Another very nice Rebecca!
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Approaching Jolly harbour on the west coast. Look at that sea!
At anchor at Five Islands on the west coast
An early morning farewell from our friends on Jemima
