We sailed past Trident Hotel on the way to port Antonio
It’s sad to be leaving Port Antonio after just 3 nights. Errol Flynn Marina is one of the nicest marinas I’ve stayed in, but I’m excited to see more of Jamaica. And Paul and Ben don’t have much time, so we set off from Port Antonio to Oracabessa, where Ian Fleming’s house is. However, the wind died and we couldn't make it before dark, so we gave up on that plan. The new Garmin chip and Admiralty chart didn’t arrive in the end, and I didn’t fancy a small cove, narrow channel and lots of reef in the dark without them. We turned on the engine and kept going for a while, hoping for Discovery Bay by morning.
Portland, Jamaica
Around 10pm we saw a lot of lightening, almost constant
flashing in the distance, but getting nearer. We headed north a little and eventually
managed to let it pass behind us. It was a close thing; we could see the wall
of rain and felt a few drops. The very strong winds were making us tense, but
we were now doing up to 8 knots. We dodged a couple more very scary looking
squalls and eventually made it to Montego Bay.
Dolphins off Montego Bay
Dolphins cheered us up after a rough night running away from
lightening. There were a few playing in our (quite small) bow wave. We anchored
off the Royal Montego Bay Yacht Club, which is a real old colonial time-warp
kind of place. More burgers and beers, too exhausted to do anything else. It
was another hard sail.
Bad news from Yamaha Jamaica – my outboard is totally mashed
up; it can't be fixed. That sucks – $500 wasted, although I got a few weeks use
out of it. So I’m looking for another; I need something cheap.
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