Heated agreement Andy... My son is the Captain of Hound which berths in Falmouth and the boat has been robbed and he knows crew/yachties who have been mugged etc...that being said be smart and like any other island you should be OK.
I had to turn down an invite to join him for the Caribbean 600. Dang... David F. Risch (401) 419-4650 (cell) Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2015 14:21:35 -0500 To: sam.c.sal...@gmail.com; cnc-list@cnc-list.com Subject: Re: Stus-List Antigua Sailing From: cnc-list@cnc-list.com I love Antigua, too, but there is definitely crime there. Nothing to worry about if you're not stupid, but there are lots of yachties with pockets full of cash wandering around Falmouth and the Dockyard in various states of sobriety and the wolves know it. Just be careful at night. St Martin and st Thomas are the places you want to avoid because of crime. Andy C&C 40 Peregrine On Tue, Feb 24, 2015 at 12:20 PM, Sam Salter via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: Got back from 2 weeks sailing Antigua at the end of January and thought I'd share with the list: If you've had enough of the BVI's - I know that's hard to imagine - Antigua is a different experience. We enjoyed it so much, we're booked up to go back in November. Sailing is a bit more like open ocean sailing with bigger seas. Navigation is a little more challenging - nothing to worry about but interesting. Maybe just different from the BVI's. A lot more private boats than charter boats, and some really big boats ($M) both sail and power. We chartered a Dufour 425 from Dream Yachtcharters in Jolly Harbour. Very clean, everything worked and sailed real well. Only 2 islands to explore - Antigue and Barbuda. Barbuda is less developed, sort of like Anageda in the BVI's. While there, we were one of 3 boats anchored off an 11 mile beach. BBQ'd lobster available - yum! Antigua has an interesting old dockyard - Nelson's Dockyard - that has been restored and is now a marina with shops and restaurants. Mediterranean Mooring here. Very clean; less developed; no crime (that I noticed); more anchoring - less mooring; nice people. Somewhere different to go, if you need a change from the BVI's, but still need sun. sam :-) C&C 26 Liquorice Ghost Lake Alberta _______________________________________________ Email address: CnC-List@cnc-list.com To change your list preferences, including unsubscribing -- go to the bottom of page at: http://cnc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/cnc-list_cnc-list.com -- Andrew Burton 61 W Narragansett Ave Newport, RI USA 02840 http://sites.google.com/site/andrewburtonyachtservices/ phone +401 965 5260 _______________________________________________ Email address: CnC-List@cnc-list.com To change your list preferences, including unsubscribing -- go to the bottom of page at: http://cnc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/cnc-list_cnc-list.com
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