BVIs 3
Tamarisk
Wed 26 Apr 2006 23:08
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From Road Town, we motored South and West, dodged
between a couple of small islands at the end of Tortola and headed North to Jost
Van Dyke. We had 25 knots on the nose and tacked with one reef down - first time
we've done that for a while. In squally rain we picked up a mooring off a
tiny island called Diamond Cay in between Jost Van Dyke and Little Jost Van
Dyke. There's one bar and a bit of land being cleared for 'Waterside
Apartments' on the JVD side.
On Little JVD, there's an old jetty and a couple of
ruined shacks. You can walk from one island to the other in about a foot of
water over the reef. The surf breaks over the reef on the North side. A big
flock of terns live on the sand near the jetty. Pelicans flop into the
water fishing in the evening. One day a man wandered around the reef
holding a large machete - looking for lobsters, maybe? Just round the corner on
LJVD, there are rocks around which the current has scooped pools about ten feet
deep. These were excellent snorkelling. We saw lots of fish, cuttle fish
doing their strange synchronised dance and an octopus that changed colour
in the blink of an eye.
One night we barbecued on LJVD with Koshlong and
Wild Alliance. When it got dark we built a fire out of
driftwood. Another dinghy then arrived with some Canadians including one
with a guitar. They distributed harmonicas and shakers among the children
and led a fine old sing-song. Penny was in particularly good voice for
Coward of the County.
The following day we walked round the North of JVD
to a break in the cliff where the surf crashes through into a shallow
pool. It was great fun. That night we were all invited to watch Zulu (the
film with Michael Caine) and drink port on the deck of Wild Alliance. The
children watched another film in the cockpit. In the slower bits of the film,
you could look at the stars - both Polaris and the Southern Cross are
visible here.
 Wild Alliance, Kosh Long and Tamarisk off Diamond
Cay, reef in the foreground
 Going ashore on Little JVD
 Helping Wild Alliance through the
shallows
 The only sign of habitation on Little
JVD
 Investigating the rock pools
 Anna tells a fishy tale while Eddie swims by in the
background
 Eddie, Will and Joe play with the Koshlong
kayak
 Sitting down for barbecue supper
 Round the campfire
 The blow-hole
 More blow-hole
 Bruising fun
 Eddie and Chloe watch while Penny and Emma come up
for air
 Turk's Head Cacti - weird
heh?
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