Thursday, January 17, 2013

Falmouth Harbour, Antigua


Thursday, January 17

We spent the morning snorkeling around our anchorage in English Harbour. One of the top diving and snorkeling spots in Antigua is just outside of the Harbour, so we swam out to the recommended spot. There were unique rock formations at this site called the Hercules Pillars. Tons of fish, corals, and turtles have made this site their home, and we had a great time swimming around them. The visibility was awesome! Our only regret was forgetting to bring the underwater camera!

Later in the afternoon, we walked into Falmouth Harbour for lunch. It's about a 15 minute walk to Falmouth Harbour from the dingy dock in Nelson's dockyard, English Harbour. While there are very few historical buildings and sites in Falmouth, there are tons of marine services and the marinas in Falmouth seemed to house even more mega-yachts than Nelson's Dockyard. After lunch, we walked around the docks, although most docks are impossible to get to unless you are crew, captain, or owner of one of the yachts. So we decided to take a dingy ride over to the harbour to check out the yachts in the marinas. The ride over to and from Falmouth harbour in the dingy was pretty rough with some pretty big swells we were dodging. But once inside the harbour, we saw some amazing yachts. We saw the Maltese Falcon, a 289-ft sailing vessel with one of a kind advanced rigging - 3 self-standing and rotating masts that hoist 15 sails. We also saw a unique-looking adventure yacht called Garcon which carried a few speed boats and a helicopter. 


The Maltese Falcon

Garcon

Row of mega-yacht sailing vessels

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