To Culebra
Beez Neez now Chy Whella
Big Bear and Pepe Millard
Wed 3 Feb 2010 23:04
Leaving Charlotte Amalie and
en route to Culebra
We got the anchor up and went around
between the posh yachts and the three cruise liners to get to the fuel dock - we
saw this boat "Today" with a real thatched
roof
The cruise liner in the middle was one of
the Disney liners with this wonderful Goofy doing a paint
repair
Leaving the fuel dock we saw head chef and his assistant walking into the dining
room on "Freedom of the Seas". From a distance they look
like toy men on these huge liners
Out of port we saw a
seaplane, a common sight over the last few days en route to St Croix.
Then some tourists having fun
parascending
Another new flag - this time Puerto Rico
This is Sail
Island about equidistant between St Thomas and Culebra, seven ish miles
off each
The well buoyed entrance through the reef
to Ensenada Honda - a huge natural
harbour
Behind the reef is a
great natural anchorage at the entrance to Ensenada Honda, also seen as the
biggest hurricane hole in the region
The reef
entrance taken from Punta Soldado on the southern tip of the
island
Costa Bonita Beach
Resort, a new complex. New building going on overlooking the harbour
A couple of shots of the chart plotter showing where we - Beez Neez
are
Beez Neez and
friends facing out to sea
ALL IN ALL A REALLY CUTE
PLACE
IT WAS LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT
STEADY - WHEN DID YOU LAST HAVE TO RUN AND
HIDE
CAREFUL BEAR, CAREFUL. SEE BEAR DUCK UNDER A WELL AIMED HAND-HELD
RADIO
RUN
BEAR, RUN
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