Having a civil conversation about women’s rights, from what he can make out, but simply the idea of these four people knowing where they are going when he does not is making him anxious. Eliza and Washington are grinning suspiciously widely, and if that isn’t enough to disturb him, Angelica and Jefferson are riding up front. He is getting nervous, the further the carriage goes from their usual spots. Besides,” the seventeen-year-old says, “I’m never coming back.” “You didn’t tell them yourself?”Ī half shrug, a half smile distant eyes lock on the ship he’s about to board. He stands anyway, brushes off calloused hands, faces James. Somehow, it still doesn’t feel like enough. Hell, he even has James’ pair of shoes (“Don’t tell me you don’t need them because I swear to god if you die halfway across the fucking ocean because of an infected splinter, I will haunt your ass to the end of days!”) and a half-crushed napkin full of fried plantains Mrs. He has everything he needs-two shirts, the pants he’s wearing, a pen, some paper, and a bit of ink. His hands drift down, fiddling with his bag one last time. You just don’t want to admit you want to forget.”Īlex doesn’t respond, and he does his best to pretend it had nothing to do with the truth in that statement. I just… I don’t want to forget, that’s all.” The ship is going to leave, with or without you,” the young man says, sweeping dark hair back with sun-darkened fingers. James has always been there, so he’ll understand why Alex doesn’t want to spend his last minutes on Nevis looking at a broken people he’s about to abandon. In fact, James is the closest friend he has-the only one who dared to go near him after his hands were stained in the blood of his cousin, after he survived the fever and his mother didn’t. It’s not that he doesn’t like James, he does. It’s only James, so he swings back to study the horizon. “Alex! Alex! ” someone calls, and he turns. ![]() Now, he looks to the thin line that marks where the ocean ends for inspiration, because even though he had never been off the island, he has seen enough-studied enough-to know that somewhere, there is an end to the devastation. The ocean brought the ships bearing the fever that snatched his mother away it slammed unsuspecting boats into the unforgiving sand below it tore through towns leaving nothing but bodies and rubble. He remembers that time, faintly, but it doesn’t seem to fit with what he knows now. He had only known about the gentle waves and the fish at the market, about sunrise reflected onto waves and the warmth of sand between bare toes. He had thought it was big and powerful and protected their little island home. His gaze lifts from the eddies of sea foam to the unbroken horizon line, where the ocean seems to go on for eternity.Ī few years ago, he loved the ocean. He swings his feet harder, his bare toes (his shoes were washed away with everything else he’d ever known) skimming the water that is still freckled with debris. The storm dissipated, but he hasn’t slowed down since. ![]() He was always moving before, always doing something, but despite the fact that the hurricane came and went weeks ago, he still feels the energy of the storm trapped under his skin, creeping along his bones. ![]() Bareboating in the Whitsundays requires you to be largely self-sufficient and stocked with supplies for the duration of your charter.His feet are swinging wildly over the open water that swirls below him, and he can’t help but love the brittle, hollow space inside that fills with adrenaline. The Whitsundays are mostly National Park and there are very few restaurants to dine at. During peak seasons it is advisable to contact island resorts as early as possible to arrange visits as space is limited. If you are unable to contact the resort, call Whitsunday Escape and we can make a booking on your behalf.ĭuring quiet seasons, berths or moorings can often be arranged on the day over the boat’s radio. It is best to contact resorts personally to arrange berths/moorings (see details below). Hamilton Island will provide you with a relatively easy side-on berth, and can send a dockhand to catch your lines and help you tie up to the dock. When visiting Hamilton Island, you have to park the boat against the marina dock yourselves as our team are not on the island to assist you. Most of these offer moorings for visitor use. It only costs a small berthing fee to visit an island or mainland resort and use the facilities for a day. You can swim in a pool, order a cocktail, and have a restaurant meal. Visiting a resort can be a wonderful way to break up a holiday of a week or longer. ![]() There are a handful of island resorts that you can visit while bareboating in the Whitsundays.
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