Anguilla

Sandy Island

One of the most gorgeous beaches in the world!

The sail to Anguilla was perfect....that is until we reached the northern tip of St. Maarten. After passing islands, the wind gets strong and the seas get big, so things were a bit "active"! After we rounded Anguilla heading to Road Bay where we were going to check in and anchor, we were sailing directly into the wind so our little Aldebaran pitched up and down each wave and collected a good deal of sea spray! Once we arrived, you can see from the pictures above what was waiting for us.

Anguilla is a quiet, laid back island with more gorgeous beaches than we have ever seen. Road Bay is where we checked into the country and where we anchored for 10 days. There is not much there, just a nice beach and top notch restaurants all along the beach. No stores, no banks, no buses, just restaurants and bars. In back of the beach is a salt pond that was once used for producing salt for export and is now used as a fish hatchery. We took a walk around the salt pond and came upon Pyrat rum factory that is owned by the people who own Paul Mitchell hair products. It is a small factory, but the rum is delicious, even though we sampled it at 9:00 AM, or especially since we sampled it at 9:00 AM!

On one of the last days we were there we toured the island with friends we met, who have a boat just like ours, and discovered as many beaches as we could. We ended the day with a Roti from the local Roti Hut (an Indian style burrito filled with potatoes and chicken with curry). Yummm...

Anguilla had the most beautiful, clean water, sea turtles and friendly people. Visit if you can!