We left West End, Tortola yesterday headed to Salt Island. Straight into the wind and current, we motored the whole way. The 12 mile trip took about 5 and a half hours. We had anchored in on the lee side of the island and have a calmer anchorage [read more]
Our sail today if from Norman Island to West End, Tortola. This is an opportunity to provision but the store has very little selection of anything. We took a walk along the boardwalk and got to take a quick tour of a very nice yacht that a crew was scrubbing for their next charter. [read more]
Started the day with a lovely snorkel in the cove. Not many fist but I saw a nice stingray. We pulled anchor and set off for the Indians – four rocks projecting out of the water. There is a nice reef around the whole thing [read more]
We departed Spanish Town, Virgin Gorda for a 4 mile trip to Copper Island – not much here but some mooring balls. We hooked onto one and were immediately greeted by our token 3 foot barracuda. [read more]
Last night we anchored just outside the restricted area for the Baths on Virgin Gorda. It was another rolly night – I decided to change my strategy and sleep sideways on my berth. It helped a bit but I could never stretch out. We had a long and slightly scary swim ashore [read more]
We left our happy Jost Van Dyke to sail to Little Jost Van Dyke to hike the trail to the bubbly pool. This is part of a rock formation between two islands that creates a jacuzzi pool. The waves roll in over some high rocks and then drop in to the pool [read more]
Today has been scheduled around celebrating Sharon’s birthday at Foxy’s on Jost Van Dyke. We struck out at about 9:00am for the 1.5 hour sail. This is a very busy anchorage and the strategy was [read more]
We left St. Croix this yesterday at about 8am. Sailing was almost due north to St. John. We took turns at the helm and got acquainted with the nav equipment. At about 3:30 we entered Drake Channel with St. Thomas and St. John (USVIs) on our left, and Tortola, Norman Island [read more]
We dinghy’ed to the marina this morning and walked about town for a while. We took a few minutes at the fort and then hit the ATM for our boat money. It wasn’t long before we found ourselves at a dockside bar. Really Mom, its about the WiFi [read more]
Yesterday we finished up our instruction in the pool and finished with two reef dives in the afternoon. We performed the required tasks, took our final exams and are now PADI certified. We celebrated at Rumrunner with our instructor [read more]
We arrived in St. Croix 3:45 yesterday afternoon. We disembarked and were immediately offered rum samples. I was unable to find a taxi willing to transport us to our address in Christiansted. There was a high-priestess [read more]