We checked out of Antigua on Monday and headed for Green Island around midday. It was a 10nm beat against steep 1.5m swell and 20kn winds. While conditions were not ideal it was great to be sailing again after nearly 2months at anchor! The weather is turning really squally and as soon as we were anchored in the picturesque Ricketts Harbor anchorage (I arrived a few hours before Otahi) the winds picked up to 32kn and it poured with torrential rain for most of the night.
Another boat in front of me pulled their anchor and missed hitting me byless than 10ft, it was lucky I went up on deck to check my anchor and see them getting closer and shouted in time for the skipper to take action. It seems I am destined for anchor stories wherever I go. The wind was so strongI had to tie a safety rope to Freya's dinghy and let her blow back to Otahi in case she got blown out to sea.
With the wind still blowing and the seas getting bigger we decided to leave for Barbuda on Wednesday morning. However, Tuesday evening Freya discovered that one of her ships water tanks is empty meaning she is missing around150L of water for the Atlantic crossing. Nobody is sure why or how she failed to fill it and therefore she has decided to return to English Harbour to refill with water.
It is now midday and I am alone (aside from the frequent visits from daytrip boats filled with on average 50 tourists) in Green Island waiting for Otahi to return tomorrow (Thurs 7th May) morning.
Its not sure whether we will continue to Barbuda or start the Atlantic crossing directly from Green Island. Watch this space.
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