ep51 - Bermuda, waiting for weather window - Hallberg-Rassy 54 Cloudy Bay - Nov 2018

After our crossing from Norfolk VA, s/v Cloudy Bay (Hallberg-Rassy 54) arrives in St. George’s, and we plan to take few days “vacation” to explore beautiful Bermuda, a place we have both longed to visit. The visit gets extended to 10 days as we wait for a suitable weather window to Antigua. All this time s/v Cloudy Bay is moored in St. George’s on the town quay, but we have to move dock several times (4 in fact!) due to other boats comings and goings. One position we are rafted up to s/v Gale, a beautiful Swan66, where we get to know their friendly crew, and another position we end up bouncing off the bottom in the middle of he night, ruining our recent keel maintenance. Due to the extended stay, we get to explore all the island’s corners, beaches, fortifications, towns and generally exquisite scenery. We cycle around the east end and scooter two days along the south shore and the west end. It’s clearly an affluent island, very expensive, pretty scenery and a very safe feeling. St. George’s and Hamilton are both very picturesque towns, and the beaches along south shore are simply spectacular. But in November it was very quiet, didn’t feel like we were there quite in the right season. It is certainly a summer island season, with a warm winter. The highlights: St. George’s, Hamilton, Royal Naval Dockyard, the beaches on Cooper’s Island, Tobacco Bay, John Smith Beach, Elbow Beach, Astwood Park, Horseshoe Bay, Somerset Long Bay. With the Mavic, we took aerial views along the south shore, pretty amazing beaches and coves.