YOLO folks life in Antigua Dec 2018

The riggers tried to straighten the mast on Mira as part of their tuning effort.
One of the riggers mans the electric winch while his partner goes up the mast in a bosun's chair.

The one going up the mast to check out the tension of the wires holding the mast in place.

We visited Nelson's Dockyard on Christmas Day.  They were having a big party and it was a gorgeous day to wander around.

Karen in a cut-out at the Nelson's Dockyard Museum. I'm not a natural blonde.

An old leather bellows used by the dockyard in the 1800's to forge metals.

This poster explains a bit about the female figureheads used on old boats.

Some old ship's maiden figureheads.

One of the remaining original figureheads.

The stone buildings still look pretty strong to me.  They are all in use again at this World Heritage Site.

Jason in the Nelson's cut-out.  Looks quite dashing in his outfit, eh?

A local carver makes these sea creatures out of wood.  A different kind of 'whaling wall'.

He makes bell figurines where the bell is inside the women's skirts.  My Mom used to collect these, so they caught my eye.

Giant anchors dot the grounds here.

Karen and Jason drinking a Coors Light on Christmas Day at Nelson's Dockyard.

These two women went all out in their costumes for Christmas.  The tower on the girl's head at the right is really all her hair, with lights that are wound around that twinkle off and on.  Who has clothes like this?

 A local elf checks his costume while his family looks on.

One of the designs on a post at the dockyard entrance.

 A sunset from our anchorage spot in Falmouth Harbor

 Jason never stops working on the project list.  Here he is installing guards for the steering shaft in the cockpit lockers so all the stuff carried down there doesn't get pushed onto the shaft and cause steering problems.

The owner of the marina kept these South American red box turtles as pets.  She breeds them and gives them away as gifts to her friends. They love to munch on the red hibiscus blossoms.  A treat from their normal diet of dry cat food.