APRIL = ANTIGUA

    As in 2011, Persephone spent the month of April in the country of Antigua-Barbuda.  Most of the cruising community assembled in Antigua for the annual Classic Regatta.  The race is only a five day event, but the partying starts the week before.  The Classic is co-sponsored by the Mt Gay Rum Company, which supplied copious amounts of rum at nightly 'Red Hat Parties'. 

Mark and I 'relax' the morning after a 'Red Hat Party'

The Classic is a race among beautifully restored antique yachts (or modern replicas) of all sizes.  The yachts have so much highly varnished teak, they look like floating pieces of furniture.

The starting line for the Classic Regatta

  
We all had a blasts during the two weeks of camaraderie...  Many of the cruisers have made reservations at the Betty Ford Clinic !  But not the crew of Persephone....we were off to Barbuda for  more adventure.....

PS....I am trying to catch up with the past couple of months when the Blog was in suspension (Red Hat Parties ??)   Persephone arrived in Rodney Bay, St. Lucia yesterday and will be here for the next several days.  Sould get caught up in the next couple of postings......