Author: KatieBloxham
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February 13 – 14: Nevis
Next, on to Nevis, which is only about 3 miles across a narrow straights from St Kitts. Nevis is the birthplace of Alexander Hamilton – must go and see the musical one of these days! Sometimes in an anchorage there is one boat that struggles to moor or anchor, thus providing entertainment to everyone else.…
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February 9-12: St Kitts
We left Saba on another windy day and headed for St Kitts. This was a shorter trip than our last passage, and broken up by passing St Eustatius on the way. We didn’t stop as it seems to be basically an oil refinery, and is reputedly a very uncomfortable anchorage. Could it possibly be more…
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February 7-9: Saba
It was time to start heading back East, and we were ready for an adventure. Our options for leaving were (1) on Tuesday, lighter winds but on the nose; (2) on Wednesday, winds from a favorable direction but blowing 25-30; (3) wait it out for another 10 days. We chose option 1, leaving the BVI…
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February 1 – 6: US Virgin Islands National Park, St John
What a great island! After the bustle (and endless beach bars!) of the BVI, we headed over to St John, stopping first at Francis Bay. For a US registered boat and all-US crew, check-in was all on-line and it was a relief not to have the hassle of going down to Cruz Bay to Customs…
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January 29-31: Norman Island and Jost Van Dyke
After a week in a marina, we were ready to get going again. We continue to have strong winds and some squally days – even the locals are complaining! – but the good news is that it’s given us cool nights. It’s also worth noting that the last week or so has been fairly quiet…
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January 23 – 27: A working week
It was a lot of fun having family staying with us over the holidays, but finally it was just the two of us. Jeremy had a meeting in Boulder and after having guests for 5 weeks I had chores to do! We came into a slip at Nanny Cay Marina on Tortola and caught up…
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January 17 and 18: Jost Van Dyke
Continuing our circumnavigation of Tortola, we headed for Jost Van Dyke, and picked up a mooring in Great Harbor. We went ashore to Foxy’s and took a taxi over to White Bay with Easy Eddie (Easy like Sunday Morning, he reminded us!). White Bay was much changed from when we were last there. The northerly…
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January 13 – 19: Francis Drake Channel Islands
Having completed our trip to Anegada, and with the weather forecast all over the place, we decided to spend a few days in the Channel Islands. First was Cooper Island, where we stayed two nights. This was a complete contrast to the remoteness of Anegada: The mooring field was packed with charter boats full of…
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January 8 – 13: Virgin Gorda, Anegada
We left St Maarten around 7:30 pm for an overnight passage to the BVI. By this time it was just Jeremy and myself on board so we traded watches and didn’t get much sleep; however conditions were fairly easy and we didn’t get a squall until just before sunrise. We came into Spanish Town on…
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January 4 – 8: Barbuda, St Barth, St Maarten
We finally said goodbye to Antigua and sailed up to Barbuda. We had been there once before but were looking forward to having a bit more time there. Antigua and Barbuda are part of the same country but couldn’t be more different – Barbuda has only 1600 residents and miles of lovely sandy beaches. It…
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