The Stress Free Bar
Irie
Sun 9 Dec 2007 21:28
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Position 18 26N 64.45W Jost Van Dyke
Island
Thursday 6th December
Out of Roadtown after final provisioning and much
merriment due to the bizarre inflated Christmas decorations that line
the main street - somewhat incongruous in 30 degrees. First destination is White
Bay on Jost, a beautiful though slightly rolly anchorage, fringed on the
landside by a stunning white beach, and protected to seaward by rich coral reef.
The weather's perfect for a sail, 15 knots on the beam, and Irie romps across
with a white bone in her teeth. Spend three days here, chilling, swimming,
walking, reading with an ocasional tincture to relax and stimulate. Ivan's Bar
is still Stress Free, and serve and pay yourself, but it seems to work. Some
excitement when a charter boat ignores all the passage markers and ploughs into
the middle of the reef, but is dragged off by a motor boat with little apparent
damage - there but for the grace of ...etc
After a day or so we move up to Great Harbour, the
major centre of the island (total pop 200 souls) It's charming - sand and dirt
roads with little traffic, but a great bakery and a hairdresser if needed
and Foxy's bar providing music and refreshment.
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