With not much time left before company comes, we sailed to the capital city of St.Thomas, Charlotte Amalie, so we can stock up and pick them up. The harbour at Charlotte Amalie is quite a cool anchorage. It is very sheltered and you can anchor right off the town, just […]
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We have my Auntie Kim, Uncle Andy and cousins Shannon and Connor coming from Vancouver, B.C. to visit us. They are flying into St.Thomas, in the USVIs (United States Virgin Islands), so we better get ‘a move on’ to meet them, because we are still in the BVIs. Our cruisers permit, […]
We heard friends of ours on the boat ‘Wandering Star’ (see links) were anchored up in Benures Bay on Norman Island, so we thought we would catch up with them. Before going there we decided to stop off at the Indians for a dive. PELICAN ISLAND – DIVING ON THE […]
We left the anchorage at Salt Island and had a gentle sail past Dead Chest Cay to Peter Island and the beautiful sandy beaches of Deadman’s Bay. The entire bay is dominated by a resort, but they welcome vessels anchoring in the southeastern corner, out from the buoyed swimming area, […]
Salt Island is one of six islands separated from Tortola by the Sir Frances Drake Channel. South-west of the largest of these island, Virgin Gorda, Salt Island Bay provides a good anchorage in calm weather. From the sea, the palm lined beach masks one of the islands natural resources, from which it […]
On the south-eastern tip of the island of Virgin Gorda in the BVIs is an area of outstanding natural beauty called ‘The Baths’ Two golden sandy beaches are separated by a field of giant granite boulders. Of course someplace this cool is going to be VERY VERY popular. To try to […]