After three nights in Falmouth Harbour, we sailed north again to Valley Church for a night. This anchorage is fairly shallow but friends showed us that we could go close up to the beach.

Next we spent our time in the Jolly Harbour marina preparing the boat to be hauled out for the season. It is hard to believe that our Caribbean adventures for this year are just about finished. There is a lot of work that we need to do to prepare the boat for going on the hard. We are only planning to stay in Antigua four days after we haul our boat out so we needed to start preparing in advance. In this picture you’ll notice that the sails are down. We packed our water toys away for the season. And, I’ve been cleaning the boat and spraying it with a vinegar and water solution in hopes of keeping the mildew at bay while we are away.