Perigee Sailboat

It's 5pm somewhere, but it's 11am here in Deshaies, Guadaloupe as we open our first beer. After spending 4 relaxing weeks in Antigua, we raised anchor at 12-noon yesterday, sailed south and arrived here just on sunset. Can you find Perigee parked out there in the bay?

Nancy’s Rum Punch Even though this is a fairly well known recipe, I attribute it to Nancy as she is the one that shared it with me. Nancy sails on SV Larus with her partner Tim. They are both very experienced sailors with years of experience in the charter industry where Nancy worked as cook and hostess. We met Larus on the Southern New England rally in July 2017. Like us they head up to Maine but we never saw them as they where always a week or two ahead of us. Our tracks crossed just outside the entrance channel to St Georges, Bermuda in November 2017. They were heading in after 3 days of heavy weather sailing and we were headed out, bound for Antigua. We spoke briefly on the VHF radio. Finally in December we caught up in Antigua. It was in Antigua where Nancy shared this recipe and the little rhyme to help remember the ingredients. 1 of sour 2 of sweet 3 of strong & 4 of weak a dash of bitters and a grate of nutmeg. Sour = lime juice Sweet = suga

Strangely in this cruising community we don't actually know many peoples last names. People become associated with there boat and are generally referred to by there boat name. For example, Bill from "Kalunamoo" is known as "Kalunamoo Bill". With that in mind we were not surprised to be invited to a "Suzie Too" BBQ. "Suzie Too" is a Beneteau 57 and her owners David and Suzie who have been cruising for 10 plus years have made a tradition of taking their BBQ ashore to a nearby beach every Sunday. They knock on every hull in the anchorage and invite people to join them on the beach, BYO everything. This was our second such event at Pigeon beach, Falmouth Harbour, Antigua. Perigee is in background. Thank you "Suzie Too" for such a special day. It's always good to take the day off on a Sunday and just chill and relax with friends and family. Thanks to Ronna and Mike from "Exodus" for the floating bar for our drinks. See