The largest sailing yacht in the world, the Maltese Falcon, treated us to a great sunset departure, under full sail through the Sound. It seemed like everyone in the anchorage had their cameras out!
Charlotte then said good bye to her friends on Serephim and Sea Walk, as they decided to take advantage of the south winds and sail up to Anagada. We then "bumped into" Bob and Betsy Bailey from Bermuda again in Virgin Gorda.
On Monday we headed to Road Town on Tortola to meet up with Shelagh who was visiting for a couple of days from Bermuda before delivering a boat back to Bermuda. We did a quick whirl wind tour showing her the sights - snorkeling at the Indians, over-nighting at the Bight on Norman Island - this is where the infamous "Body Shots" take place at the Willie Ts Pirate Boat.
Having taken up the closest mooring to the Pirate Barge, Shelagh and I were all set for a night out, with Jimmy babysitting, but by the time we finished dinner, we both sheepishly admitted that we were tired and happier just enjoying a glass of wine on the boat, a chat and an early night!! Up nice and early the next morning - 2 hour motor up to the Baths and we arrived just in time to get one of the last moorings at 9am!! (we even had to race someone to it!)
By lunchtime we were in Spanish Town and Shelagh was dropping her bags off at Big Bear - the boat she was sailing back to Bermuda.
That night Shelagh had kindly offered to cook us dinner on Big Bear. We were in the anchorage just outside the marina - unfortunately, the weather blew up and strong winds started coming from the west (almost unheard off). As we were anchored not far off the coast, we ended up with engines on for a few hours to stop us turning round and onto the rocks. Finally, in order to get some sleep Jimmy hunted out the stern anchor (last used about 3 years ago!) and we set this to keep up from going up on the rocks. Unfortunately we were not able to leave the boat so had to cancel dinner. Throughout the night boats around us were pulling up and resetting anchors.
The next day we checked out of the BVIs and sailed to the US Virgin Island, namely St Thomas.
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