After checking the forecasts one last time I departed early in the morning on January 8th for Deshaies Guadalupe about 50 miles south. My alternator immediately failed followed shortly by my auto helm both of which had been repaired in Antigua??? The weather didn't match the forecast so I was in lots of wind 20 - 25 with squalls hitting over 30. Have I told how much fun it is reducing sail on your own with no auto helm:(. I made my approach about v9 hours later and was really beat. The guide book said it was sometimes windy here, what an understatement. It was a sustained 30+ knots in the very crowded anchorage. I dropped the hook in what I thought would be a good spot which turned bad very quickly and almost resulted in a collision, luckily a fellow sailor was able to get on board and lend a hand. Tom and I were able to recover the anchor and reset it in a better spot. I couldn't get off the boat with the wind so I had a very long night in the cockpit on anchor watch after a very long day. The next day i was able to get off and explore this charming little french town. The town is quite French but with the right attitude and some hand gestures communicating is no problem but I did want to get further along so I made a plan to leave on January 10th.
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Well I arrived back in Antigua on my own and spent av few days arranging for the new anchor etc... I was getting ready to move a bit further south with an eventual destination of Bequia where I wanted to meet up with my friends Brad and Louise who were there vacationing.
After checking the forecasts one last time I departed early in the morning on January 8th for Deshaies Guadalupe about 50 miles south. My alternator immediately failed followed shortly by my auto helm both of which had been repaired in Antigua??? The weather didn't match the forecast so I was in lots of wind 20 - 25 with squalls hitting over 30. Have I told how much fun it is reducing sail on your own with no auto helm:(. I made my approach about v9 hours later and was really beat. The guide book said it was sometimes windy here, what an understatement. It was a sustained 30+ knots in the very crowded anchorage. I dropped the hook in what I thought would be a good spot which turned bad very quickly and almost resulted in a collision, luckily a fellow sailor was able to get on board and lend a hand. Tom and I were able to recover the anchor and reset it in a better spot. I couldn't get off the boat with the wind so I had a very long night in the cockpit on anchor watch after a very long day. The next day i was able to get off and explore this charming little french town. The town is quite French but with the right attitude and some hand gestures communicating is no problem but I did want to get further along so I made a plan to leave on January 10th.
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