Hawknest Bay, St John USVI
Scott-Free’s blog
Steve & Chris
Wed 4 Apr 2012 21:42
18:20.948N 64:46.79W
Wednesday 4th April 2012
Distance run: 12 nmiles
We spent a day in Charlotte Amalie. Sarah and
I went ashore to look at the shops, but found nothing of interest as they are
all aimed at the cruise ship passengers, so lots of jewellery shops and
souvenirs, but not much else. We did manage to find a reasonable coffee
shop and stopped for cake and coffee before summoning our driver (Rob) for a
lift back to the boats. Later we did some supermarket shopping, but Sarah
was not impressed and said that the supermarket on Tortola had a better range of
goods and was cheaper. We only visited Cane Garden Bay on Tortola last
year and didn't get much beyond the beach, so hope to see some of it this
time.
Later we went ashore to happy hour at Mojo's and
then to the Shipwreck Restaurant to try what they claim are the best burgers on
the island.
After a bit of a lie-in this morning we lifted the
anchor and motored 12 nautical miles to Hawknest Bay on St. John, the other
large US Virgin Island.
Liked the name of this motor cruiser in
Charlotte Amalie.
It is SO good to be sailing alongside Serafina
again!
We picked up a buoy as this is National Park and
anchoring is only allowed if there are no buoys available. There were
plenty available and once the boat was settled we went for a swim. Later
Steve, Rob & Sarah took the rib over to a buoy near the reef and went
snorkelling, while I had a snooze.
Later we joined Rob & Sarah for dinner on
Serafina, and the swell which had been forecast was really beginning to
pick up, and we had to hold on to the cutlery as it kept sliding off the table
as we rolled from side to side! We had known the swell was coming, but had
thought the bay would be sheltered by the other islands. Apparently
not!