On Wednesday February 8 we woke up early and decided to sail to Antigua. The swell was so bad in the bay that we hadn't really slept all night and even rolled out of bed a few times. I discovered two more words that don't really go together 'sailing' and 'sleeping'. It was another rough journey with no improvement in the weather. As we left Montserrat and scaled the huge swells we discussed the option of turning back. After some thought we decided to press on arriving in Fryers Bay Antigua just before sunset. We could see the 5 islands and Jolly Harbour as the sun set. We had a better nights sleep this time and a good rinse off in the ocean. The next morning we got up early to check in at Jolly Harbour. The name suited the place well and the harbour was really cute with a lovely marina, residential estate and golf course resort development. We did a few of the usual shore chores including dropping off rubbish and buying fresh food supplies. After the visit to land we picked up anchor and sailed up to Deep Bay. This was a lovely little anchorage that was in fact quite shallow and had it's own shipwreck for diving and snorkelling.
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