Friday, July 23
Woke up to a nice morning at our mooring at Leverick Bay. We decided to make the run to Anegada, the farthest island in the BVIs and about 12 miles away. It was our first "open water" sail, meaning you can't see where you are going. The weather held and the sailing went well and we got there by about noon. Anegada is low and long and the only island in the Virgin Islands that is coral, as opposed to volcanic.
We dinghyed ashore and explored a little but it was very HOT! We went back to the boat and jumped
in the water to cool off. We relaxed the rest of the afternoon before heading to shore to enjoy a lobster dinner on the beach. Anegada is famous for this. We had a pleasant evening on the beach and then back to the boat for the night.
Saturday, July 24
We got a early start to make the run back to Virgin Gorda. The weather was rainy and we got hit with a few showers. We hit one bad squall just before coming into the Gorda Sound. We had some issues with one of our sails and took awhile to fix it. Unfortunately we moored just off a beach to fix the sail and the beach was full of partiers with load music pumping from their boats. Once we did the repair we moved to a quieter mooring at
Saba Rock. Jeff and I went ashore and checked it out as well as the nearby Bitter End Yacht Club, a huge watersports resort. We had dinner back on the boat and then Rachel and I headed to shore to use the internet. We are all sunburned and bumped and bruised in various places and the weather continues to be very warm and humid but the water and islands are lovely and we are enjoying our time here.
Woke up to a nice morning at our mooring at Leverick Bay. We decided to make the run to Anegada, the farthest island in the BVIs and about 12 miles away. It was our first "open water" sail, meaning you can't see where you are going. The weather held and the sailing went well and we got there by about noon. Anegada is low and long and the only island in the Virgin Islands that is coral, as opposed to volcanic.
We dinghyed ashore and explored a little but it was very HOT! We went back to the boat and jumped
in the water to cool off. We relaxed the rest of the afternoon before heading to shore to enjoy a lobster dinner on the beach. Anegada is famous for this. We had a pleasant evening on the beach and then back to the boat for the night.Saturday, July 24
We got a early start to make the run back to Virgin Gorda. The weather was rainy and we got hit with a few showers. We hit one bad squall just before coming into the Gorda Sound. We had some issues with one of our sails and took awhile to fix it. Unfortunately we moored just off a beach to fix the sail and the beach was full of partiers with load music pumping from their boats. Once we did the repair we moved to a quieter mooring at
Saba Rock. Jeff and I went ashore and checked it out as well as the nearby Bitter End Yacht Club, a huge watersports resort. We had dinner back on the boat and then Rachel and I headed to shore to use the internet. We are all sunburned and bumped and bruised in various places and the weather continues to be very warm and humid but the water and islands are lovely and we are enjoying our time here.
1 comment:
Wow. All I got to say. I want me some of that BVI.
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