St Augustine is a pretty town. It’s one of the first European settlements on North America and was strategic to North America and the Caribbean so it has a rich and long history of piracy and conflict with native Americans.
It also has a microbrewery right next to the municipal marina.
We had just gone through another storm, so it was fairly rough and we went through some good waves entering the harbour. Inside was calmer and while we were waiting for a bridge to open, we watched some dolphins who were hunting for their dinner. I have another fine collection of photos showing “sea where there was once a dolphin”. These didn’t play or approach the boat and the harbour master said that this was normal – they just weren’t interested in humans.
We were in St Augustine to prepare for Chris’s departure on the Trans-Atlantic back to Gibraltar. He had a crew arriving on the 31st and 1st and we had to do all the boat preparation and checks, provision, washing, packing ... and replace our radio which had been fried in the storm.
We called the boat Hakuna Matata because we’re taking some time out to forget our day-to-day worries and to have some fantastic family adventures, have fun and learn a lot together. We are: Chris (aka dad) who had the idea of a sailing sabbatical, Kim (aka mum) who wishes he hadn't, daughter Jamie (10) and son Alex (8).
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