2014 Jamaica
Leaving
Cuba is not a great event because the Authorities are there for
you. All you have to do is settle the marina bill, get your
permission to leave - no stamp in pasport then use up all your CUC and
pesos, in my case purchasing the last bottles of Havana Club rum and
beer. Then cast off and out we went past the headlands and headed
south. This is always and easy ride is either from the west or
from the east. In our case it switched from west to east but at a
nice 10 knots.
At noon it became obvious that the fridge was not freezing so we
changed plan and headed for Jamaica - Port Antonio. The approach
is fairly easy because there is a lighthouse on the Easter headland
then the channel turn to Starboard and one travels south of Navy
Island towards Errol Flynn Marina. Called then on the radio
and yes they have a berth so we pulled in and tied up. There at
the end of the wharf was the American trawler Argo.
Fixed the frifge the next day with the help of a great fellow who said
I had over gassed the compressor when I filled it so all he did was let
some gas out. Simple. We met a number of fellow cruisers and had
a great day travelling in a hire car up to the Coffee plantations and
into the mountains over looking the town of Kingston. We had no
real intention of going into the town but we got lost and landed up on
the outskirts on a narrow road. A car passed up and the wing
mirrors touched. Nothing wrong with our but the other fellow
chose to follow us into town, hooting and being quite aggressive.
After a while we pulled over and he stormed over demanding we give him
money for the damage or come to the police station. Our British
driver Steve just looked at him and told him in quite a polite way to
drive off at which point we did eventually loosing him in the very
heavy traffic. It was then a case of how to get home to Port
Antonio. After what seemed hours we eventually arrived back at
the marina. Long day.
The crew had decided the day before to leave Malua. I did not see her for the next two days as she again
went off on her own chasing something. She returned as usuall
just in time to board before we left for Panama.
Port Antonio Jamaica wiki link
Here are some photos
of our stay in Jamaica
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