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Travel Blogs from Road Town
Sunset at Cane Garden Beach
... there for about 45 minutes, watching pelicans dive for fish and reveling in the colors of the setting sun as it dropped behind a bank of clouds, then below neighboring Jost Van Dyke Island, using a foreground of sailboats for effect.
Seldom have I seen a more beautiful sunset! Tomorrow, we go by ferry to neighboring Virgin Gorda Island to see about setting up a walk ...
Great Expectations, Great Escapes
... signals to Donna at the helm for direction to raise the chain with the helm windlass control and/or maneuver the boat as necessary to free the chain from each encumbrance Dave was viewing underwater. He still had to dive a few more times to pull the chain from under rock ledges. One by one, we dislodged the chain until it hung free in the depths. Donna maneuvered the boat gradually and safely away from the shoreline, raising the remainder of the anchor, ...
Destination Little Jost Van Dyke
... br> Charter helmsman: Look at my sails! They're both on the starboard side. YOU'RE WRONG!!!
We just had to grin and bear it. They were a relatively young group of guys. Donna suggested to Dave that next time he tell them to go back to school. Sailing in the BVIs sometimes provides unexpected entertainment.....
The rest of the plan went well - eventually. We doused the spinnaker after rounding Frenchman’s Cay, rolled out ...
Exploring the Islands of Sir Francis Drake Channel
... of the three at Cooper, then work back downwind as needed until we found a good one for the conditions. We still needed good shelter from the ENE winds blowing at 20-25 kts. Any anchorage exposed to the NW through SE would be uncomfortable, if not dangerous. Carvel Bay on Cooper Island was our first choice.
Carvel Bay is right around Cistern Point from the popular anchorage at Cooper Island’s ...