Leaving Antigua Arriving Guadeloupe

Dana and Walter from Boston (of Sailing Vessel Madness) arrived on Tuesday right on time. We picked them up at the dock and headed straight into Customs and Immigration to sign them on as crew, pay our fees and check out of Antigua. After a drink at the Mad Mongoose, we went back to Cat Tales to enjoy dinner and to bed early for our sail to Guadeloupe in the morning. Laurie and Walter raised the anchor on Wednesday morning and were underway by 6:00 am. Dana and I snoozed another hour or so before we came out into the rolling waves to join them. I shared some yogurt and fruit with Dana, but she felt the need to 'get rid of it all' and was willing to wait for lunch to eat again!

After a 6 hour sail and average speed of 7.5 knots over 45 nautical miles, we anchored in Deshaies, Guadeloupe where we had a quick bite to eat and then walked to the beautiful Grand Anse Beach about a half hour walk away. The pictures below are Dana and Walter playing in the surf. After a beer in a beach bar we began the walk back and enjoyed a bath in the ocean at the tail end of Cat Tales. Dana marveled about how much sand she carried back in her bikini bottoms without noticing!



Bring it on!














We met Walter from s/v Madness back in 2009 when we sailed into Bermuda on our way south. Dana came to visit him periodically throughout the island chain so we were able to spend time with her. He kept a blog over the year he was cruising and it's available to you as a link on the left sidebar of our blog. They will be with us only until Tuesday the 22nd, so we'll be on the move!