BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS

When I mention the words (us or we) that includes the Pas De Deux and Mystique. We have been traveling together now for 2 months. It’s a great relationship. Now we have taken on Susie from Pharos. Her and Michiel have grown quite close these days.

BVI are a lot different then the Bahamas. All of the Islands are really closely placed together. We only stopped at four. Carl has to use the chart plotter to click on each Island to tell us what Island is which. You can sail to a whole different Island in about 6 hours That’s a short sail for sailors. Each Island has lots of places to stop and explore.

People can charter a sail boat through the bare boat cruisers. Therefore, they are everywhere. Some hire a caption and some don’t. In the Bahamas everyone owned their own boats and know sailing etiquette. These people have no clue what’s going on. There is also way more cruise ships stopping and dropping hook. That can make the stops really crowed. Sometimes really fun. Carl likes the girls in swim suits. These are the places that we decided to visit.

Christmas Cove: Last stop in the USVI before BVI.

Tortola:
Sopers Hole (West End). Customs station and Pussers Rum Bar. Cute little Island.
Cane Garden Bay: Very small Island not much to see.
Marina Cay: Susie has friends that own a vacation home here on this private eastern side of the island. They invited us all over for dinner. They were really nice people. The house had two guest houses. They were located high on the hill over looking the bay. Just two strips of concrete is use for a road to the private homes very steep. Just breath taking views. We could see Mystique from their front window. We met their daughter Gale and son-in-law Ben. Ben had never been on a sailboat before and Gale loved to sail. Carl & I offered to take them for a sail the next day, so we took them to White bay. They took us to some local bars and introduced us to the owners. We had a great day.

Jost Van Dyke:
Great Harbour: Known for Foxys Bar/Restaurant and worldwide reputation for having great beach parties. As I approached the bar I noticed a older man tying two ropes together. He looked like a local fisherman. I stopped to say good day. The man was really friendly. He had a black Lab dog sitting by his side. Do you know what kind of dog this is? I replied yes a Black Lab, I have one aboard. He said this is a “Island dog” do you know why I know that? No I said, why? 1st of all he is black, 2nd he sits around all day on his ass doing nothing. 3rd thing is he can’t tell you who his daddy is! He told me a few more jokes and I was on my way. I stopped at the bar to get a beer. Somehow I had a feeling that guy wasn’t just a local fisherman. The bartender told me he was Foxy himself. I was very luck to met him. What a cool old rich man!!!!
White Bay: Home of the famous Soggy Dollar Bar. They started the original painkiller drink, a very popular drink for all the tourists. This place has one of the most beautiful beaches in all of the Caribbean. The beach was packed with all ages.

Virgin Gorda:
The “fat virgin”, As Columbus called the island because of its resemblance from the seaward to a fat women lying on her back. I couldn’t see it, but if Columbus said so its so!
The Baths: Located on the southwest tip of the island are these really unusual formations of large granite boulders. Where the sea washes in between the huge rocks, large pools have been created where shafts of light light shine upon the water. We hiked all through the large baths. At the end there was a large sandy beach where there was real good snorkeling. It was a beautiful day.
Spanish Town: Not really one of the nicer anchorages. Lots of traffic coming in and out of the harbor. We didn’t go ashore here other than to check out through customs.
Bitter End: This island has the Bitter End Yacht club that offers lots of amenities to the boaters. Nice beaches, pool, beach front villas, scuba diving. They even have a outside movie every night. I got to see the Chipmunks. This is our last stop in BVI. Carl and I decided go on ahead without our friends to ST Martin. It’s a 80 mile crossing we will sail all night and arrive in the morning. We can fly out of St Martins and we need to start making our arrangements to fly home to the states for Chris’s & Amanda’s wedding.

Norman Island:
The Bight: This island is known for the famous bar called the Willy-T. it’s a floating boat. Lots of crazy spring break parties go on at this place. Willy will give any girl that jumps off the top deck “without her top on” free drinks for the rest of the night! They had an album of pictures of the past. CRAZY PLACE.

There are three caves that you can snorkel in. I got to swim with a sea turtle. We were as close as 1 foot away from each other. He was sooo cute, I wanted to touch him but didn’t.