Sunday, 5 July 2015

69. Jamaica


We made it to Port Antonio, Jamaica – after four days and four nights at sea.  25 to 30 knot winds all the way; it took us 96 hours. We were averaging 7 knots, but reaching 10.9. We also had big seas; I surfed too straight down a 4 – 5 meter wave and saw the bow dip down; I thought I was going to pitchpole. We were getting lots of water in the cockpit; after the big squall on the first night, Paul found a fish in his bed.

Errol Flynn marina

Port Antonio is beautiful; calm water and not so much wind, the Blue Mountains in the distance. We had beers and burgers on arrival to Errol Flynn Marina. We cleaned up the boat and did masses of very stinky laundry.

Reach Falls

After two days of putting the boat back together we went to Reach waterfalls; lots of waterfalls and deep pools in the jungle. It was nice to be in the mountains surrounded by green instead of blue. So nice to be swimming in freshwater.








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