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213--Antigua: Boats & Beaches @ CherieSpotting     May 15 2004 - 15:06 PST cherie writes: There are friends, and there are acquaintances. Then there are the friends that you can spend two weeks on a boat with. Conversations on a boat are like no other. After a difficult race, sailors ponder deep questions like: “If you kill your brain cells, does that mean you loose weight?” Friends who sail together are like no other friends. If you can sail together under stressful conditions of a rough passage, under the screaming of intense racing and under the frustration of broken marine parts—this is a true and special type of friendship. On a boat, you have no personal space. What do you do? Climb the mast for some alone time? Surprisingly (not really), after over two weeks in Antigua, my friends and I are all still on speaking terms. To know your friends is to love them for who they are and who they aren’t. To really know your friends, is to live on a boat with them. I can say this: I know my friends, and I wouldn’t trade them for the world. Click on each picture to see it full size. read comments (0) | write comment| views: 6620    | rated: 0.0    printer-friendly version   Cherie and Jean (best-friends since 4th Grade) on a hammock in paradise. Even after being on a boat for two weeks...Jean and Cherie remain friends. Shocking eh? Let's make sure we have a life-vest for everyone. Safety first. *Photo by Jean. Okay everyone...lean into the turns. Sunny smiles. Ken and Jean. Another Jean! All the way from Chicago is Toni! I want some of whatever Arjan took! Rail meat. The race course. *Photo by Jean. Monique, from Carrie On, loads a water-balloon. *Photo by Jean. If you can't beat them, bomb them! The water-balloon battle at sea. *Photo by Jean. Water ballon, mid-air. Target missed (barely.) *Photo by Jean. The view from the Catamaran hotel. Dustin rigs the sunfish. *Photo by Jean. Luckily, this photo was taken before Dustin capsized. *Photo by Jean. Life's a beach. Jean and Cherie sifting their feet through the powdery sand. *Photo by Dustin. Arjan and his son Jasper. Father and son (a bit shaken up, but still smiling.) Jasper's first surfing lesson. A car built tough enough for a two-year-old. Who has a bigger mouth? Who has a bigger smile? Lazy days in the British Virgin Islands. How do they make the water that color? A bunch of lazy dogs. Cherie and Jean at the birthplace of the "pain killer." (We renamed the dangerous beverage the "pain maker.") Soggy $ Bar on Jost Van Dyke. Are we too old for this? That hammock is screaming my name! Dustin at the helm. *Photo by Jean. The Willy T. It seems so harmless during the day! *Photo by Jean. This bird is "eyeing" Dustin. *Photo by Jean. Who is ready to dance? *Photo by Jean. Who is ready to party? *Photo by Jean. Who is ready to go swimming? *Photo by Dustin. The famous Willy T t-shirts. *Photo by Tom. Cherie and Tom...for more fun, add a bit of Rum! This bed isn't so comfortable. Greg by a fort. (Photo taken for Rennie. Rennie likes forts.)