It’s hard to describe how amazing it is as I am writing this. Words like epic and spiritual come to mind. Let me see if I can paint the scene for you, the sight, the movement and sounds of a sailboat traveling at night.
We are twenty miles offshore, heading towards Antigua. It’s just gone midnight and alchemy is powering us through gentle swell with an eleven knot following wind.
Portsmouth, Portsmouth, Portsmouth, Portsmouth. As we turn back north, roughly half way through our year in the Caribbean, four cities with the same name come to mind.
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Fort Napoleon is on top of a hill overlooking the harbor of Terre de Haut in Les Saintes. It is one of three forts forming a triangle around the bay. It was originally named Fort Louis, but this was taken by the British and destroyed. The British abandoned if and the French re-occupied it again, rebuilding it and naming it Fort Napoleon.
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Now we have a good connection, here is a video we made en route from Saba to St Kitts.
Nevis is the sister island to St Kitts, but it’s very different. If you want to get away from the crowds and have some relaxing peace and quiet, Nevis is the place to be. We ended up much preferring the laid back atmosphere of Nevis, and spent over a week here. In fact, we chose Nevis to spend our Christmas and New Year.
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