Antigua

Patrick and I just returned from a week+ in Antigua and Barbuda. (Our first-ever visit to Barbuda.) Here's a preview of the stories we've got planned.

A scintillating display of world class seamanship, speed, and man's/woman's insatiable appetite for competition, Antigua Sailing Week presents about as thrilling an experience as I've ever enjoyed at sea.

This was the scene yesterday at sunrise in St. John's Harbour, the dramatic skies overhead presaging what would turn out to be one of the most perplexing, eye-opening, and, ultimately, inspiring days of adventuring I've ever experienced anywhere. Our destination: Barbuda.

While a lot of our trip will be focused on our usual uncommon adventuring, we also plan to explore the state of things in the wake of last summer's destructive hurricanes. Antigua is said to have been largely spared any damage, but sadly the same cannot be said for Barbuda.

When it comes to kiteboarding in the Caribbean, certain destinations are a given. To me, though, Antigua wasn't one of them.

Beach Day in Antigua. Location: Lignum Vitae Bay on the South Beach side of Jolly Harbour, one of more than 365 beaches in Antigua.

Take a moment to rise above it all with this video of sparkling seas, infinite greens, and the warm little island of Antigua.

If there's one thing all fathers figure out eventually, it's that the word "father" is much more of a verb than a noun. So what's a dad to do?

Sundays spent on the sea are even bette Hobie sailing amid the azure awesomeness of Carlisle Bay on Antigua's southern coast.