Comments on: Barbuda – Trouble in Paradise https://voyageofvega.cactus.co.uk/trouble-in-paradise/ Captain Hugh and the Reluctant Navigator Fri, 01 Jul 2016 10:33:35 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.5 By: annie https://voyageofvega.cactus.co.uk/trouble-in-paradise/#comment-371 Sat, 05 Mar 2016 18:34:57 +0000 http://vega.cactus.co.uk/?p=1263#comment-371 In reply to Gillian and Bruce.

Hi Gillian. We have since heard all sorts of disaster stories of broken arms and injured legs from dinghies overturning in the surf. Just not worth the risk. Still we have learned how to strip down an outboard carburettor since then. As you say, the anchor held, though for a few ghastly minutes we couldn’t see Vega in the dark. We are learning lots… through making mistakes. Hmmm xx

]]> By: Gillian and Bruce https://voyageofvega.cactus.co.uk/trouble-in-paradise/#comment-363 Thu, 03 Mar 2016 23:14:03 +0000 http://vega.cactus.co.uk/?p=1263#comment-363 Wow Annie I bet you are glad you spent an afternoon in a pool in north Bristol doing that sea survival course. Just hope you had time to tell H what do do in case of an overturned dingy. It certainly made riveting reading . Just hope the rum punch’s , weather and ambience is compensating. The area sounds an intriguing mix of sophisticated and rustic, we are loving the blog though Bruce looked rather green at the thought of rollers preventing return to the boat. As he said – clearly the anchor held. Look on the bright side. Gx

]]> By: annie https://voyageofvega.cactus.co.uk/trouble-in-paradise/#comment-357 Tue, 01 Mar 2016 16:56:31 +0000 http://vega.cactus.co.uk/?p=1263#comment-357 In reply to Karen.

Thanks so much Karen. We loved Barbuda. I’m looking forward to coming back to Bristol in June xx

]]> By: annie https://voyageofvega.cactus.co.uk/trouble-in-paradise/#comment-354 Mon, 29 Feb 2016 21:28:12 +0000 http://vega.cactus.co.uk/?p=1263#comment-354 In reply to Judy Davidson.

Dear Judy, that was enough excitement for a while…. we are taking it easy now on idyllic anchorages in the Caribbean. xxxx

]]> By: annie https://voyageofvega.cactus.co.uk/trouble-in-paradise/#comment-353 Mon, 29 Feb 2016 21:25:42 +0000 http://vega.cactus.co.uk/?p=1263#comment-353 In reply to Sue Lucas.

Sue, after an experience like that I felt so glad to be alive! It could have turned out badly, but, hey, we were lucky x

]]> By: Karen https://voyageofvega.cactus.co.uk/trouble-in-paradise/#comment-352 Mon, 29 Feb 2016 21:11:16 +0000 http://vega.cactus.co.uk/?p=1263#comment-352 Gosh – what an adventure. Barbuda sounds so romantic and gentle, I would never have expected such a change in the sea that you couldn’t launch a dinghy! Stay safe guys – a lot of people here are looking forward to seeing you back safe and sound. xx

]]> By: Judy Davidson https://voyageofvega.cactus.co.uk/trouble-in-paradise/#comment-350 Sun, 28 Feb 2016 20:29:34 +0000 http://vega.cactus.co.uk/?p=1263#comment-350 Exhausted just reading this adventure! If our intrepid superheroes were struggling against the waves, they must have been kryptonic! Looking forward to some photos of more relaxing but just as diverting happenings! Xxxxxx

]]> By: Sue Lucas https://voyageofvega.cactus.co.uk/trouble-in-paradise/#comment-349 Sun, 28 Feb 2016 19:33:20 +0000 http://vega.cactus.co.uk/?p=1263#comment-349 That all sounds a bit traumatic.

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