BACK FROM BARBUDA.....

On Tuesday,  Persephone "turned the corner".  You may recall many posts ago that I vowed not to sail  one inch further north than Barbuda. (Barbuda is on the same latitude as St. Croix, USVI)   So, for the first time in nearly three months Persephone was on a port tack (wind coming over the left side of the boat)  heading south.  We will continue south for the next several months returning to Grenada for the hurricane season.

Again, the sail was terrific.  Constant winds of 14 knots, just south of east, and moderate seas.  Persephone literally flew the 25 miles from Barbuda to Jolly Harbor, Antigua.  The plan is to remain in Anitgua for the "Classic Yacht Race" which is held in mid-April.  This is one of  the world's premier yacht races; attracting vintage wooden yachts from all over the world.  I may even try to get a crewing position on one of them !!  And now, a couple of pictures from Barbuda :

Pink Beach

This is the anchorage at Pink Beach

Notice that the sand really is pink !!