The British Virgin Islands
Lynn & Mike ..around the world
Mike Drinkrow & Lynn v/d Hoven
Tue 10 Mar 2009 14:36
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18:26.41N 64:45.02W
Jost Van Dyke island, BVI
We left Virgin Gorda last Wednesday and headed down to
Peter Island, where we found a magical anchorage off the south side, which was
protected from the strong winds and swell. Once again we bumped into our friends
Bob & Lynne on "Leap of Faith" and enjoyed sundowners with them and
their visitors from Idaho. The snorkelling was pretty good and Mike spotted
the biggest lobster imaginable - sadly for us, it still lives happily in that
crevice.
Yesterday we sailed over to Soper's Hole on the south side
of Tortola, to extend our stay with Customs. This is a very quaint harbour area
with colourful buildings housing shops & restaurants and is also the base
for Voyage yacht charters.
  There, we witnessed a 45ft cruising yacht
side-swiping a small day sailing yacht that was on a mooring ball. The
small yacht was de-masted and received a gash in the side. Then to our
surprise and horror, the offending yacht turned around and sailed out of the
bay! We were stunned, but took the yacht name and reported the
incident to the Harbour Master. Later we met a very distressed guy who was
looking after the yacht in the owners absence, and gave him the details too. It
is very sad that this cruiser, who is no doubt insured, would simply
sail away from his damage - I hope they find the B*%$@, fine him and ban him from these waters!
From Soper's Hole we headed across to Jost Van Dyke,
anchoring in Great Harbour. This bay is famous for Foxy's - a bar/ restaurant
that has been here for 30 years! The owner Foxy Callwood recently was awarded an
MBE for his service to tourism! It is a beach bar, with the "ceiling" being
T-shirts, flags and hats with messages from visitors over the years. They serve
good food, deadly cocktails and have a great shop. Foxy's T-shirts,
hats, and other memorabilia can be seen all over the world where you
find sailors. Naturally I had a little dabble with my credit
card!
  Our next stop is St John, USVI (United States
Virgin Islands)
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