#2. las palmas to antigua | Made it to Antigua!
February 5, 2025 | Falmouth Harbor, Antigua
It is now Wednesday afternoon, February 5th. It feels like a long time ago that we made landfall in Antigua, when we spotted the glow on the horizon early in the morning and eventually saw the island of Antigua peak out of the water.
The last bit of the journey was absolutely amazing, the wind picked up a bit and with a reefed main and poled out genoa, we sprinted towards our ‘finish line’ without much effort. By now, crew were all comfortable on the helm and it was truly a magic last night under the stars. Though many of us were excited about everything that landfall has with it; a warm shower, burger and a drink, family waiting on the dock.. the list can go on. But many of us were also aware that this adventure we have shared the last 2+ weeks were about to come to an end.
We made landfall early mourning on the 2nd of February and pulled into Antigua Yacht Club. We had family waiting on the dock for some of the crew, and to our crew’s delight a bag of ice with COLD beer in it (Thank you Adam!). We tied up to the dock and the first thing that needs to be done on arrival is to clear the crew into the country,Emily walked over to English Harbor to the customs office with all passports. In the meantime, we sprayed down the decks and scrubbed of the salt that has been accumulating throughout the journey. I must admit though that this boat was VERY clean on arrival, our daily clean down below and the cockpit had paid off. Once Emily came back we all went ashore for some well deserved showers and eventually dinner ashore! Crew have been enjoying the islands the last few days and some have had family flew out for an extended vacation, while others jumped on the plane to go home to the loved ones.
Thank you all for a great Trans-Atlantic, it has been fun to share our passage with so many people at home and all the comments have been read during dinner time (we get email daily from our shore support). If you have not yet made a comment and have been reading the blog, this is your chance :)
- Mia and the FALKEN crew