18:26.43N  64:43.74W

 

Wednesday 25 March 2015

 

Distance Run  11nm

 

Late morning we were motoring through the narrow passage between Little and Great Camanoe islands and then on to Guana island.  The prettiest bay on Guana has a private resort on it and landing in a dinghy is not allowed, except that you can go ashore anywhere in the BVI’s, private or not, up to the high water mark.  As there is very little difference between high and low water here it’s a mute point trying to insist on landing rights at private places.

 

 

Guana (or iguana) gets it’s name from the profile of this rock sticking out from the cliff at it’s north west tip:-

 

 

 

We sailed gently downwind under genoa only along the north coast of Tortola and passed Sandy Cay, which to us is ‘Thursday Island’, the nickname we gave it on our honeymoon and which is the reason behind our boat name.  A lovely moment.

 

 

Passing Thursday Island with other islands in the background:-

 

 

 

 

Thursday Island is only suitable as a day anchorage and as it was getting late in the day we postponed our visit and continued to Little Harbour (really a bay) on the island of Jost van Dyke.  Little Harbour is quite deep and is one of the few places in the BVI’s where in past visits we have picked up a mooring buoy in preference to anchoring.  Things are rather different in your own boat as you know the quality of your anchor and chain and we found a space to anchor at the head of the bay.

 

There are three restaurants around the small bay, Abes by the Sea, Harris’s and Sydney’s Peace and Love.  We usually go to Sydney’s so went ashore that evening for a lobster dinner.  Sydney’s has an ‘honour’ bar where you serve yourself and write down what you have had in the book provided.  On our first visit Sydney sat down with us and made a bit of a fuss when he discovered it was our honeymoon. 

 

I remember asking him whether the owners of the places got on well as they were all so close to each other, especially Harris’s which is only yards away but which was currently closed due to damage from a recent hurricane.  He said that he and Harris were very good friends once but it changed for some reason a few years ago.  I asked if it was because of competition and he said no, it all seemed to change when my son murdered his.  Erm, how did that happen.  Well, they had an argument so my son killed his with a speargun.  He’s paying his price in jail now so that’s no reason for Harris to be so cold with me.  No of course not, gulp. 

 

Sadly Sydney passed away 5 years ago and we were well looked after by his two daughters, Strawberry and Janet who also confirmed their brother was out of jail.  I spoke to both brothers at some point but have no idea which was ‘the one’ and didn’t feel inclined to ask!

 

 

Sydney’s Peace and Love the following morning.  Not very inspiring but full of character:-

 

 

 

 

Lin getting some weather off the internet before we go:-