We left Antigua before dawn to arrive in St Barts before dark but Irony sped along between 8 and 9 knots and we anchored in Baie Columbier just after 3pm.  It was wonderful to be in crystal clear water again and a pleasure to jump in the water and swim.   Windy and rainy weather has made all the anchorages in Antigua very murky.

In a search for some internet, we had a picturesque walk over to Baie de Flamands.  With the promise of wifi, we stopped at the Tawana Hotel and order a couple of beers which proved to be possibly the most expensive in the Caribbean at 20 euros!  And the wifi didn’t work!

Very high gusty winds and torrential rain delayed our departure for St Maarten until Thursday.  Typically, we ended up motoring the whole way across in dead calm conditions – very frustrating.  We are now anchored in Simpson Bay Lagoon and attempting to tick off some items on our repair list.