We leave for St George's Harbour in Bermuda from Crown Bay, St Thomas VI

Timeless
Wed 16 Apr 2014 12:47
Position: 18:25.66N 64:47.45W
Jost Van Dyke, BVI
..from Crown Bay, St Thomas, Virgin Islands
Weather conditions good?
..CHECK!
Boat equipment all working? ..CHECK!
VI clearance
confirmed?
..CHECK!
Provisioned
stowed?
..CHECK!
Water topped
up?
..CHECK!
Fuel topped
up?
..CHECK!
..Bob D on
board?
..CHECK!
It was great to welcome Bob D back onboard for our sail to our final
destination, Annapolis, Chesapeake Bay.
We’ll be welcoming Bob G from Bermuda onwards. Probably the trickiest part
of the trip. We have to cross the Gulf Stream and we’ll have to time the
conditions well for that!
Everything sorted, weather beautiful and sunny with a nice mid teens
blowing from the east there was nothing left for us to do but cast our lines and
set off for Bermuda at 10.30am local time from Crown Bay. The plan was to head
east along the southern side of the island of St Thomas and then head north west
through the islands until finally we entered open water and a direct line to
Bermuda. As expected we had to motor the first leg against the easterly wind,
just a few miles – then the sails could come out. BUSY BUSY waters through the
islands of St Thomas and St John with mega yachts anchored out in the middle and
criss-crossing boats everywhere.
Finally though we passed the island of Jost van Dyke to our starboard and
we were off!
We had really got to know this area and the bays of St John such as Francis
Bay, Cruz Bay and our internet bay – Caneel Bay, where the famous Caneel Hotel
very generously allowed anchored boats free internet use.
By the way ..The Caneel Hotel used to be the island home of Rockefeller. He
owned most of St John island and donated his land to the nation as a national
park as long as he could build a flashy hotel there for his rich
friends. |