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Boat rental and sailing around Antigua

What about navigation on the day and fine dining in the evening, while enjoying the tropical climate palm trees, blue water and white sandy beaches? Sign in to us too. Here's a guide to the best of Antigua.

Some basic facts first place. The high season runs from December to late April. The rest of the year is hurricane season, still warm and sunny with some great deals on yachts, but a little at the mercy of tropical depressions coming off the Atlantic routes. From the UK scheduled airlines BA, Virgin and XL. The U.S. Is served by Delta, AA, British Continental and U.S. Airways. However, the airline Liat makes it easy to jump to Antigua if you end up in any Caribbean island. Antigua Sailing in suits all the navigational ability levels, with good water and coastal protected most demanding passages to nearby islands. However, many coastal disposal is not necessary Antigua stop to have a busy holiday. In fact, even for non sailors from a skippered charter is perhaps the most enjoyable way to visit the island.

Antigua itself is a special destination of yacht charter, due to the range of sailing and mooring available. One feature of the island is the large amount of warm water. Since the creation of coherent Brisas offices (West simply do not exist in the Caribbean) Island protects the waters around the west. Then a huge reef system of the islet a mile or two in the north of the island extends the protected waters much of the way along the north coast. And also, looking south, while the seas are more exposed to waves of the Atlantic, are two of the most protected anchorages in the Caribbean, Puerto English and Falmouth Harbor.

If the sea is quiet you can visit the Bay This is not hidden behind a reef on the south-east, a few miles from English Harbor. Non-Bay This is also a good place Antigua to begin to describe other great strength, its restaurants. Harmony Hall is one of the most charming restaurants in the Caribbean. It overlooks the bay and a quiet Maybe not peaceful "get-away-from-it-all 'atmosphere. There is an old converted mill at Harmony Hall in a bar downstairs and up, viewing platform to enable take their drinks and watch the sunset rule on the island before going to dinner. Below the restaurant there is a small anchorage and dock so you can tie up near the restaurant. VHF Call to reserve a table. Harmony Hall is now open only on Fridays and Saturdays, but this is due to a change, call ahead and plan to arrive in your itinerary.

Around the south are Port English and Falmouth Harbor, Antigua central. There are lots of restaurants that we recommend here. In Falmouth Harbor is one of KC the most friendly character will meet with the masses of the great stories that serves Mexican food quick bite and a good place to hang out and meet people. [Note 10 May: KC served only in high season and moves a lot, operating Zanzibars last seen, just ask around] Across the road is one of the islands restaurants Popular 'Trappes', owned by Simon and Caroline, with excellent fixed price menus and a fun atmosphere, if you can book in advance to get a table is a must-do. " If you can not get there do not worry, there are many places to eat and you can walk happily decide which one best for you agree.

A couple of minutes down the road from Falmouth Harbor is the historic port of English and Nelson's Dockyard. Also a "must-do." The Galleon Bar easily serves beer and bites and old-style colonial 'Admirals Inn' I beg you for a gin and tonic. It is very easy to resolve to spend the night there. Take a taxi at the entrance of the yard to bring it to Shirley Heights of sunset and dinner with its unforgettable views on the island. The night here is Sunday night with a steel band and barbecue, but can be quite resort. Call before hand and plan his itinerary since they often have theme nights on Thursday, Friday and Saturday.

It's fun to come to the bar or in the port stern English only by the experience of being in the historic Royal Naval Dockyard. But can get very busy, so if you have any doubt it is better to go to Falmouth Harbor, where there is plenty of room to anchor. This is also where the wetlands to superyachts. If you coincide your trip with the Charter Show in Antigua, in December or the week of the race in late April can view and navigate some of the most fabulous yachts the world.

Out of Falmouth Harbor and sail westward beyond the exclusive area of Carlisle Bay, where you can stop for lunch before go around the south and west of the island to the main marina, Jolly Harbor. The entry has some poles of red and green, the drive in (remember red-right-back). Be sure to stop in time to get lunch at Jolly Harbor. But if you are too late can anchor along the southwest coast. Rolly may be, but if the surf is low and can make a landing on the beach to go ashore from the famous Red Snapper in the bar and restaurant OJ.

Jolly Harbor is an anchorage off campus Inside, just inside the mooring, or pontoons. There is a full service marina with chandlery here "budget of the Navy, distance, electricity and water. Look ristorante Melini, one of the favorite restaurants of the author, who has an excellent letter disppoint not. Jolly Harbor will find one of the largest island in supermarkets, the 'Epicurean', so if you need to stock up, this is the place. For a day at the beach walk to the station where you can Jolly Harbor buy a day pass at all water sports toys imaginable.

Northbound choose from a series of bays depending on your mood. Five Island Harbor is quiet and perfect for a sunset barbecue. Stay far from mangroves to avoid mosquitoes. You can cut beyond the capital St. Johns on the moor cruise and put the hook on Dickenson Bay. Here are the sports, Peter Keswick water playground that is ably assisted by the instructor of 'Rambo' for serious fun during the day. Then, later visited the restaurant the superlative "The Beach". There are tables right down to the beach side, A menu can pore for hours, a relaxed atmosphere and a well-designed interior – highly recommended.

Dickenson Bay sailing across the north of the island, where you can test your piloting skills on the northern reef system. The cliffs and deep waters of the Atlantic on the south coast are replaced with shallow, sandy waters blue bee have seen to be believed. Jumby Bay Resort here is another of the top resorts on the island and the bay is also a good anchorage. Later next marking a channel for commercial vessels Maid island with a beach you can anchor off. I say a commercial channel marked but the mark is a faded red metal buoy on the end West and the traffic is heavy. You'll be perfectly alone here, with its own beach on the island to enjoy the next morning. Pushing further into the inner reef opens a wide bay and you can anchor completely away from it all on the Big Island of Birds, another wonderful place for a sunset barbecue. The shallow waters here make it interesting for navigation, try to take this on when the sun is directly above so that you can clearly see surface stains.

The reef system closes to the east. You have to go back west and then head north and outside the reef for a long day all the way back to the bay is not such in the south-east. As you come north of the reef immediately become exposed to Atlantic swell, which can test the waters and see what he thinks and always head south if an island full circumnavigation seems more trouble than it's worth. And with a new trade winds you fly back towards the west side of the island in very little time in a wide range of cracks. Stay away from the island to keep the wind and get a great day sailing.

There is much more in Antigua and whether to prolong your stay and decide to take the time to passages Barbuda or St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Martin and perhaps even no end of options. Doing Antigua Sail Away a journey San Martin is highly recommended, or at least get on a plane back, the first leg of Antigua to St. Kitts is a 40nm upwind slog that is not lost. Have fun and happy sailing!

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