North Sound -Virgin Gorda
Moonbeam
David and Lynn Wilkie
Mon 18 Mar 2013 16:18
18.30.152N 064.21.747W
73.8 miles logged – about 84 miles covered
It was an uncomfortable night anchored in Simpson Bay and this was not in
the worst swells- I do ask why some people had been anchored there all
week!
We were up even earlier than planned and lifted the anchor at 03.45 and
hoisted the mainsail. However the only wind was from astern at about 6 knots so
we motored all day across a calm sea but with a long 8ft cross swell. A
beautiful sunny day but no fish taking our lures although we saw two large
whales – probably humpbacks – heading south.
Eventually we entered the shallow channel between Virgin Gorda and Richard
Branson’s Necker Island and anchored in the North Sound at 17.00 hrs, just off
the Saba Rock Resort.
Necker
Island
www.sabarock.com
www.bviwelcome.com/dining.php
Maintenance!
Despite the name the British Virgin Isles its very Americanised and that
means that the nearby resorts of Bitter End and Saba Rock are very smart, well
run and expensive!
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