In this video, Liveaboard Cruising for 2021 From Antigua to Barbuda by Sailing Yacht, We explore the beach at Carlisle Bay Antigua, then anchor out to snorkel Antigua Reef. We sail up the West Coast to Jolly Harbour and do some hiking, then sail on to Deep Bay and dive on an old shipwreck. A day later we leave Antigua behind and make for the island of Barbuda!

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in this episode we hang out in carlisle

bay

then we snorkel the antigua reef we go

hiking in jolly harbor

snorkel a shipwreck in deep bay then set

sail for the island of barbuda

last time on sailing bella chandra we

went hiking in english harbor antigua

then sailed on to carlisle bay where i

demonstrated my anchor

finding looking glass and we discuss how

we control

mold on our sailboat if you're new to

the channel hi i'm noelle and i'm dan

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to the caribbean and we're sailing all

around the caribbean now

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anyway

carlisle bay has a white sandy beach

where zeus can run

and a dock which is part of a resort

where they allow cruisers to tie up

their dinghy

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so we just dropped the hook here in

antigua reef if you're sailing the south

coast of antigua between english harbor

on your way to jolly harbor the reef is

just offshore a little ways

and it's kind of like a big horseshoe

shape so you can anchor right in the

middle and there's a kind of a protected

spot with a sandy bottom where you can

drop your hook

and there's supposed to be some good

snorkeling so we're going to go check

that out and

after this we'll probably push on back

on our route to jolly harbor and see

where it takes us

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so

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so

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oh

now that's super weird never seen these

things before

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so we just dropped anchor here on the

west side of antigua

and a little place called jolly harbor

and here there's like a marina

and some shops and some restaurants and

it's pretty convenient there's a budget

marine

where you can pick up stuff for the boat

and there's a big

grocery store here called the epicurean

which is pretty cool

best place to do your shopping here in

antigua and well it's just in there

right now getting a few things and me

and zeus are just

killing time waiting for her to finish

up there so we went into budget marine

and we're just walking around near the

marina here

this is just a stop for us to get a few

things you know there's

a couple bars and restaurants if you're

into that and you can check them out i

think in a couple days we're going to be

heading up to

barbuda which is sailing north so we're

just waiting for the wind to

have more of a south component in it so

we can move that way

before we go to barbuda we're probably

going to stop around st

john uh here in antigua which is kind of

like the big city and there's a couple

anchorages there that we can grab so

we're gonna go there first just as we

wait for the weather to change

but all in all we're really enjoying our

time here in antigua and it's it's

pretty nice

it's funny a minute ago zeus got away

from me and i couldn't get him back

because he was trying to find a well

i got on the walkie-talkie and i was

calling for noel to come out of the

grocery store and help me find him but

then

i was able to get him back after a few

minutes of looking so

you know crisis averted another really

good reason to have walkie talkies

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we decided to go for a hike around

pyran's point next to jolly harbor

there are several secluded beaches along

the route and it was very beautiful

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that same day we sailed to deep bay on

the west coast of antigua

where there is an old shipwreck in the

mouth of the bay i decided to go and

snorkel the wreck

the water was a bit murky but i could

make out parts of the ship

this is the wreck of a 120 year old tall

ship

that sank here in the bay after arriving

from trinidad

most of the ship is still there

including what's left of the mast

which is broken invisible dry at the

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surface

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foreign

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we left brighton early this morning

heading for barbuda

we were anchored in deep bay at the

northwest tip

of antigua and it's really beautiful we

docked a wreck there and

it was just a nice pleasant safe place

to spend the night not a lot of roll

and really good and just beautiful but

to get tip our buddha

we had to leave right away because we

probably need the whole day to get there

we're just passing the tip of the island

now and we can't even see burn bud in

the distance so

we've got a little ways to go but

we should have a downwind sail for most

today right now it's upwind because the

wind is wrapping around the island but

you'll find here in the caribbean that

happens

theoretically when we come around the

other side of the island we should have

a downwind sail based on what i read on

our weather predictions so

you know just behind the beam at least

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all right so we are just approaching the

cocoa point anchorage in barbuda

it's just behind me here and i can

already see this huge beautiful white

sand beach it's gonna be great

uh the reviews on this place are really

good it says it's the clearest water

outside of the bahamas so i'm excited to

check that out

we were sailing on roughly like four

knots all day

and uh we had maybe eight to ten knots

of wind

and that's it but uh with the full main

up and the full jib

no reefs you know four knots is all you

need going from

antigua to barbuda it's not a huge

distance it's like 20 something nautical

miles so you know take your time and

enjoy it why not

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