We left St Martin and set sail for the BVI's under full sail on
the 27th of
December. It was a good passage arriving at Virgin Gorda at 0130hrs.
Eric caught 2
Mahimahi so he was happy. It was the first game fish we had caught
since leaving Trinidad in October. We realised that all our gear was
too big. The fish we caught in the Pacific were much bigger and once
Eric downsized his rig we were in luck.
He has kept us
pretty well supplied while at anchor though in Trevally and snapper.
After a few hrs
sleep we checked in at Gun Creek Customs and Immigration then moved
up to Prickly pear island off the Saba rock resort.
The British Virgin
Islands are the largest cruising grounds for both bare boat and
crewed charter boats in the world and one can see why with
predictable weather, clean waters and safe anchorages. The population
is only approx 25,000 so there are many places that are not populated
where you can anchor if solitude is what you're after. The popular
places are full of day mooring bouys but at night if one chooses to
stay, there are places to anchor or one can pay for a night mooring.
We have made a
movie of our adventures
We are currently waiting for a weather window to leave for the Bahamas, which looks like it will be Tuesday the 4th of January. The trip should take us 4 days to the southern end of the chain.
