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Tricky navigation to Antigua

February 03, 2014
by Daniel
Antigua, Check in, Dog onboard, Guadelope, Ilet A Caret, Vera
3 Comments

On the way up to Antigua we decide to make a stop at a VERY small island called “Ilet A Caret” just north of Guadelope. The island is one of those “cartoon” islands- super small, white sand and a couple of palm trees. To get to the island was seriously tricky. You have to navigate trough really shallow water- sometime down to 1 meter.



We spend a couple of hours on the island before we had a dinner followed by a early night sleep. To make life a little bit easier for Anna (sea sickness) I decided to sail during the night up to Antigua. If it was tricky to sail into the small island I cant even explain how difficult it was to get out to the sea from the small island during the darkness.

Me and Davide started to maneuver trough the reef around 2 a clock and it took us more than 1,5 hours to move the boat 1 nm. Davide in the front with our massive search light pointing the way while I was slowly slowly maneuvering the boat towards deeper water. I could not have done it without Davide and it was a long time ago I have been so nervous.

We had good speed over to Antigua- we had an average of 8 knots with big waves coming from the side. I have no idea why but I got a little bit sea sick during the night- second time (maybe I am getting old or something)

To check in in Antigua was really easy even though it took almost 2 hours. The customs officers came onboard and searched the boat before I was allowed to go to the customs office. I used Antigua’s online system “Seaclear” to check in wish speeded up the process a lot. The reason for that the check in process took such a long time was Vera (our dog) . A veterinarian had to come down and do a medical exam on her before she got a stamp in her passport.

The speak English here in Antigua- wish is bloody fantastic- I am so tired with French people not speaking English (or maybe the problem is mine cause I don’t speak French).

Anyway- stay safe and stay happy

//Daniel

3 Comments
  1. monica mattsson February 3, 2014 at 9:42 pm Reply

    Roligt att ni har det så bra :). Vet ni att man kan göra en bok av sin blogg?
    Här är allt sig likt, händer inte så mycket. Vi gläds åt att det blir ljusare för varje dag.
    kram på er
    Örjan o Monica

  2. Daniel February 3, 2014 at 9:47 pm Reply

    Hur gör man en bok av sin sida? Har du testat? Har du någon länk?

  3. monica mattsson February 3, 2014 at 10:07 pm Reply

    Här är länken
    http://www.bloggtillbok.se å det blir riktigt bra. Jag har låtit trycka en varsin till valpköparna.
    nu ere sovdags. Segla lugnt <3 <3
    Ö o M

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