Elm Beach Suites
Travel Blogs from Road Town
Sunset at Cane Garden Beach
... of the day today, talking to hotels and others involved in tourism. Not much progress! We spent the last few hours driving around the north side of the islands. Roads were amazingly steep and curvy with stunning views down into coves and bays, and out over the Caribbean horizon to neighboring islands. Along about sunset, we found ourselves on Cane Garden Beach and ...
Great Expectations, Great Escapes
... current situation was just too risky. Dropping the anchor in the obvious close-to-shore sand would have placed the boat too close to the shoreline on three sides. Indie would have made the same decision….
Free diving, Dave managed to get down the 25 feet to the anchor, lift and move it several feet and unwrap the chain to eliminate the fouling potential. This took three dives. The anchor weighs 66 pounds. Dave had to remain in the water ...
Destination Little Jost Van Dyke
... with no response.
By then we could clearly see the helmsman and his entire charter crew looking at us and taking pictures. When it was clear to Dave the charter boat didn't have room to tack away and probably had no intention of bearing away, Dave altered course enough to starboard to avoid collision. We passed within shouting distance:
Dave: Did you realize you had to give way? I'm on starboard tack, you are on port ...
Exploring the Islands of Sir Francis Drake Channel
... the repeated rain showers to collect more drinking water, which tests out to be even better than our RO (reverse osmosis) water maker.
By Friday, December 23, the squalls had decreased (although the wind had not) and we decided to move to one of three potential anchorages, all new to us, on Cooper, Salt, or Buck Island (off the south coast of Tortola). We’d tack out into Drake Channel and head for ...
Traveling back home
... to the airport, there was a long line again thru the airport security. My bags didn't fair so well. They took my small bottle of rum from the distillery (too many ounces), and a few conch shells. So much for a few of my souveniers. If we put them into checked bags, we could have brought them ...