to Virgin Gorda

Salamander
Thu 28 Jan 2010 01:47
18.27.012n 64.26.013w
Sail to Virgin Gorda. Very lumpy and rolly, a slow
sail as we are very conservative with our sail choice at night with gusts. Took
down the genoa and motored to avoid a small commercial ship which refused to
give way. Lots of cruise ships passing with 1,000s of lights. It's like being
overtaken by a block of flats. Arrived having to look for a passage between
round rock (which isn't round) and Ginger Island (which isn't ginger - as far as
we could tell). With seven islands and more rock than we have seen, we safely
negotiated outr way into the Sir Francis Drake channel. A stunning place - you
can imagine our Elizabethan fleet here, hiding and waiting to rob Spanish
ships.
Here's one that didn't make it!
![]() Although part of the British Virgin Islands,
Customs here is proving more difficult than Barbuda!
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