Where we are staying in Falmouth Harbor Antigua is right next to English Harbor which houses the oldest dockyard continually in operation:  Nelson’s Dockyard.  It was built by the British as a place to keep their ships in order to protect their interests in the Caribbean.  Also, it is a great protected harbor that will keep ships safe in a hurricane.  Construction of the Dockyard began in the 1740s and today it is in use as a marina with a museum, lots of shops and restaurants.  It was fun to explore the history and see all the restored buildings.

Another interesting thing is that here at the Dockyard they have several small boats that have been used to row across the Atlantic.  They are very small, completely exposed and have just a small water tight compartment to sleep.   They are not even allowed to have a sun shade up because that could be considered a sail!  As we’ve been here there have been more rowing boats arriving in the harbor after 45+ days at sea in the Atlantic.  Crazy! It’s fun though to hear the honks and horns of boats cheering their arrival.  Our friends from Te Mana saw one arrive and said the folks couldn’t even stand up when they got off the boat!  Ryan’s question…. Why would anyone do this?  Don’t they know how to sail?  LOL!