April 6th – April 14th, 2014 (-4 on UTC) Dear F&F, We were looking forward to the 75 mile day sail from Anguilla to Virgin Gorda as it would be only our second chance this season to use our spinnaker pole. The spinnaker pole allows us to sail more or less directly downwind. You can …
YOTREPS: YES TIME: 2014/04/14 15:27 LATITUDE: 18-20.02N LONGITUDE: 064-47.73W MARINE: NO WIND_SPEED: 10 WIND_DIR: E CLOUDS: 60% VISIBILITY: 20 BARO: 1014.1 AIR_TEMP: 31.7C COMMENT: Beach House – ANCHORED – Cruz Bay, St. John (USVI) OK! Nikki took the Ferry to enter the USVI \”via commercial carrier\”. I checked in and waved to her as the …
YOTREPS: YES TIME: 201 4/04/14 00:35 LATITUDE: 18-23.17N LONGITUDE: 064-42.19W MARINE: NO WIND_SPEED: 10 WIND_DIR: E CLOUDS: 65% VISIBILITY: 20 BARO: 1016.7 AIR_TEMP: 26.7C COMMENT: Beach House – MOORED – Soper\’s Hole, Tortola (BVI) We\’re back in the BVI and Nikki will take the 8:30 a.m. Ferry to Cruz Bay in St. John\’s. So she …
YOTREPS: YES TIME: 2014/04/13 10:13 LATITUDE: 18-20.01N LONGITUDE: 064-47.35W MARINE: NO WIND_SPEED: 15 WIND_DIR: E CLOUDS: 40% VISIBILITY: 25 BARO: 1014 AIR_TEMP: 30.0C COMMENT: Beach House – ANCHORED – Cruz Bay, St. John (USVI) Well, I\’m a little red faced at the moment. My experience is, \”the bigger the country, the easier customs and immigration …
YOTREPS: YES TIME: 2014/04/12 16:07 LATITUDE: 18-26.57N LONGITUDE: 064-45.04W COURSE: 297T SPEED: 1.1 MARINE: NO WIND_SPEED: 18 WIND_DIR: E CLOUDS: 40% VISIBILITY: 25 BARO: 1016.7 AIR_TEMP: 30.0C COMMENT: Beach House – MOORED – Great Harbour, Jost Van Dyke (BVI) A lovely evening in Cane Garden Bay which is a very nice anchorage. The beach scene …
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YOTREPS: YES TIME: 2014/04/11 16:21 LATITUDE: 18-25.59N LONGITUDE: 064-39.55W MARINE: NO WIND_SPEED: 18 WIND_DIR: E CLOUDS: 80% VISIBILITY: 20 BARO: 1018.1 AIR_TEMP: 28.9C COMMENT: Beach House – MOORED – Cane Garden Bay, Tortola (north side)-(BVI) This is a very nice and well protected bay with views of Joost Van Dyke to our northwest. Far less …
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YOTREPS: YES TIME: 2014/04/10 20:29 LATITUDE: 18-23.20N LONGITUDE: 064-42.14W MARINE: NO WIND_SPEED: 15 WIND_DIR: ESE CLOUDS: 50% VISIBILITY: 25 BARO: 1016 AIR_TEMP: 31.7C COMMENT: Beach House – MOORED – Soper\’s Hole, Tortola (BVI) We did a short dive at \”The Indians\” and then took a quick tour of Road Town and a buzz by Nanny …
YOTREPS: YES TIME: 2014/04/10 12:27 LATITUDE: 18-19.98N LONGITUDE: 064-37.74W MARINE: NO WIND_SPEED: 15 WIND_DIR: ESE CLOUDS: 65% VISIBILITY: 20 BARO: 1018.1 AIR_TEMP: 27.8C COMMENT: Beach House – MOORED – The Indians – Pelican Island (BVI) We got here at 8 am and just in time to get one of the last three moorings. (No anchoring …
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YOTREPS: YES TIME: 2014/04/09 17:14 LATITUDE: 18-19.00N LONGITUDE: 064-36.95W MARINE: NO WIND_SPEED: 18 WIND_DIR: ESE CLOUDS: 50% VISIBILITY: 25 BARO: 1017.3 AIR_TEMP: 30.0C COMMENT: Beach House – MOORED – The Bight, Norman Island (BVI) Cooper Island is essentially a resort with a mooring field. As such, we decided to take a look at Peter Island …
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YOTREPS: YES TIME: 2014/04/09 13:48 LATITUDE: 18-23.14N LONGITUDE: 064-30.85W MARINE: NO WIND_SPEED: 18 WIND_DIR: E CLOUDS: 65% VISIBILITY: 20 BARO: 1018.1 AIR_TEMP: 28.9C COMMENT: Beach House – MOORED – Manchioneel Bay, Cooper Island, BVI Trellis Bay wasn\’t much and dangerously packed in with moorings too close. No where to anchor or we would have. We …
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