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Brother Pete’s 1st Visit to Virgin Islands
... likely fill this anchorage. This turned out to be a good bet and we finally settled in for a nice evening around 1500 in beautiful Leinster Bay. And it was probably much quieter as well….
Our troubles clearing into the BVI continued the next day, April 6. We departed Leinster Bay, St. John at 0830, passing up a re-try at Soper’s Hole, and had a terrific sail up Drake Channel to Spanish Town, Virgin Gorda, another port of ...
Friends and Anemones
... floating in the dinghy, placing calls to all of our family members while we enjoyed watching pelicans diving within feet of us in the food-filled shoreline mangroves.
Our visit to the single island/dual nation of St. Martin/Sint Maarten (French/Dutch) had been longed planned and included participating in two racing regattas, hosting five visitors, and taking delivery of a new dinghy ordered several months earlier. The duty-free status ...
Exploring Virgin Gorda's North Sound
... off limits to charter boats and we didn’t have the time here last year aboard Pas de Deux. The pass next to Saba Rock (18 30'8"N 064 21'26"W) is now well marked and we saw numerous charter boats passing through it, so perhaps charter companies have liberalized their rules. (We witnessed one case in which they shouldn’t have….)
Below are our samplings of anchoring and snorkeling sites, in no particular ...
Targeting a Daylight Arrival –The Final Days
... before mooring ball rush hour.
The potential tropical LO is still a potential hazard, but its forecast track has become less and less threatening. For now this is a non issue for us, other than to be a player in our hoped-for building winds later today.
Fishing report: We are actively fishing again as the bouncy boat motion has lessened. We currently have five baits in the water, but nothing to show for it ...
Philipsburg, St. Maarten, Netherlands, Antilles
... windy up top, and then came the rain, so off we went on a quick and careful descent into town and back on the bus headed back to Philipsburg.
Globetrotter Tip: When boarding public transportation to a different part of an island or city, be sure to ask (before you deprt from you initial locale) which bus (name or number) to look for on the return trip. We do this each time we take the bus so we will know which bus to take to get back to our original destination.
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