Hi there- well it certainly is a Happy Christmas for us! We arrived in Antigua on Dec 20th after 21 days at sea. Fairly good passage, but we struggled with having enough wind even though we were in the tradewind belt.
The 'jock crew' - (4 strapping guys plus Irena) was great - but we managed to make it through ALL of our provisions. We had challenges as well with a fresh water leak and a propane leak, so we were rationing pretty carefully near the end of the passage. We actually ran out of propane 3 days before we arrived in Antigua, but had managed to cook up all the food before hand and use the microwave to heat things up.
Very grateful that Cress held on the that old microwave, that I was ready to toss out before we left Turkey!!! That saved the day.
It is now Christmas Eve and we have a new crew - dear friends AL and Leona from Vancouver and Cress's daughter Breanna - so we are cooking a Polish Christmas Eve meal for tonight and have a turkey thawing for Christmas day. We will be at anchor in a beautiful bay in Antigua before shoving off for Guadeloupe on Boxing day.
Loving the Caribbean people, weather and turquoise water, lots of snorkeling and swimming to be done over the next few weeks as we make our way down the chain of islands to Grenada.
Hope to send photos soon - but internet continues to be a huge challenge.
Merry Christmas to all from the crew of Conversations.
Irena and Cress
The 'jock crew' - (4 strapping guys plus Irena) was great - but we managed to make it through ALL of our provisions. We had challenges as well with a fresh water leak and a propane leak, so we were rationing pretty carefully near the end of the passage. We actually ran out of propane 3 days before we arrived in Antigua, but had managed to cook up all the food before hand and use the microwave to heat things up.
Very grateful that Cress held on the that old microwave, that I was ready to toss out before we left Turkey!!! That saved the day.
It is now Christmas Eve and we have a new crew - dear friends AL and Leona from Vancouver and Cress's daughter Breanna - so we are cooking a Polish Christmas Eve meal for tonight and have a turkey thawing for Christmas day. We will be at anchor in a beautiful bay in Antigua before shoving off for Guadeloupe on Boxing day.
Loving the Caribbean people, weather and turquoise water, lots of snorkeling and swimming to be done over the next few weeks as we make our way down the chain of islands to Grenada.
Hope to send photos soon - but internet continues to be a huge challenge.
Merry Christmas to all from the crew of Conversations.
Irena and Cress
