Today's adventure took us to Spanish Town on Virgin Gorda. This is on the other side of the island of where we spend the day on Monday, and the sail to today's fun fest was 20 nautical miles. Since we were heading out a little earlier today, the 10 am "story time" was held at 9 am in the dining room. Our trip for today were a park on Virgin Gorda called "The Baths." The baths are basically giant boulders, grottoes, and caves on the island that they turned int...

4.5 nautical miles after leaving Tortola, we were anchored in White Bay, Jost Van Dyke. Home of the famous Soggy Dollar, and Ivan's. You country music fans will appreciate the fact that Kenny Chesney filmed No Shirt, No Shoes, No Problem in and around Ivan's. A bar where it is common for patrons to mix their own drinks and leave payment in the cash box. This practice, however, seems to be losing some ground. This is where we get to spend Day 5 in paradise. At ...

Today, our adventure takes us to Norman Island, and then to the west bank of Tortolla. The sail form Virgin Gorda Sound to Norman Island took across 22.5 nautical miles of open sea. Norman Island is uninhabited and privately owned. The island is about 600 acres, and about 2.5 miles long and is reportedly one of the locations of Robert Louis Stevenson's classic tale of YARRRRRR "Treasure Island." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman_Isl and The morning .... rout...

After a fairly rough night at sea, travelling 78.6 nautical miles from Anguilla, we arrived at Virgin Gorda around 9 am. For a lot of people this was a relief. The trip last night was a choppy rockin' and rollin' one .... and not the good rockin' and rollin' Heather and I were top side for the arrival. What a spectacular experience. I really had to make a conscious effort to not talk like a pirate while we came into port ..... It was harrrrrrrrrrrrd. But here we ...

Well this day started out ..... Interesting. Woke up to a heavily pitching boat. This ain't no cruise ship kids. It's only 360 feet. When it's rough out ... You feel it. So far though I am one of the few without the seasick patch. Rocking doesn't seem to bother me all that much. Our sail from St. Maarten to Anguilla took us 23 nautical miles last night. Anguilla (pronounced an-gwil-ah) is a British overseas territory in the Caribbean, It is one of the most nort...