Buckle 🆙
8 febbraio 2025, Stati Uniti
Plane 2
8 febbraio 2025, Stati Uniti
Wheels up and 🥱💤 tired. That 4 am wake up call is showing. Dave has a cold but we are banking that it isn’t anything some sunshine and sand can’t fix.
Beep Beep St Thomas
8 febbraio 2025, Isole Vergini Americane
Taxi to the speed boat
ViaggiatoreVery smooth travel once we landed! Thank you Mark for arranging! The roads are winding and steep on St Thomas
ViaggiatoreMet our captain, Timpe, at Sopers Hole marina. Had pizza at a great restaurant, Admiral’s where we caught a live band! First night sleeping on “No Regrets”
Leaving Soaper’s Hole
9 febbraio 2025, Isole Vergini Britanniche
ViaggiatoreWe had an amazing breakfast and coffee at Omar’s at the marina. We loaded up more provisions and left Soppers Hole…..Blackbeard’s hangout we found out!
Chicken fight!
9 febbraio 2025, Isole Vergini Britanniche
Chicken fight!!
ViaggiatoreLanded at our first beach! Soggy dollar and Hondos in White Bay. We located some beach chairs and beverages. We hung out in the water,….Becky and Kris challenged some middle schoolers to a full on chicken fight. We lost twice and the kids were worried about hurting us! Lol! Lunch at beach cafe, a little shopping and back to boat to motor over to Cane Garden bay!
New Captain in town
9 febbraio 2025, Isole Vergini Britanniche
Mark takes the wheel
Night’s Anchor
9–10 feb 2025, Isole Vergini Britanniche
Cane Distillery. Captains home.
ViaggiatoreAnother man down….Tony not feeling good. Dave a little better. Mark is holding down the fort! We had no water and some pump issues on the boat but the captain and staff working hard to get it fixed. Headed in to shore for dinner at bbq spot called Elm bar. Great food and a great band, the Elm Tunes! We danced all night. We did not watch the Super Bowl but did not miss a thing! Blow out, chiefs lost! Tony could not join! Hoping he is better tomorrow. Becky made some new girlfriends and Mark danced with all the old ladies.
Come sail away with me
9 febbraio 2025, Isole Vergini Britanniche
🌈 and 🥓
10 febbraio 2025, Isole Vergini Britanniche
ViaggiatoreStarted our day with breakfast on the boat, bacon and eggs. Waited on our new water pump and success!!! Headed out toward Anigada
Sailing to Snorkle
10 febbraio 2025, Isole Vergini Britanniche
ViaggiatoreSnorkled at Diamond Key on the way to Anigada. Beautiful!! Lots of fish along the rocks
Full Sail
10 febbraio 2025, Caribbean Sea
Full sails on the seas to Anegada.
ViaggiatoreHad a bean bag chair go overboard. Captain quickly dropped the sails and did a turn about. Mark swiftly hooked the wayward bag. Happy to say that the bag was fully recovered without any harm. Sails back up!
Anegada (devita)
10–12 feb 2025, Isole Vergini Britanniche
ViaggiatoreWe had a beach side ceviche demo with conch. Our guide named, Sherwin, makes his own sauce. So amazing! Can’t believe we tried it! Raw fish with saltines. The best lime in the coconut!
ViaggiatoreGrills fired up for lobster brought in from the fishermen. Anagada Reef Hotel
ViaggiatoreDay ended on the boat with Dave and captain playing guitar. Captain also plays the flute! Tacos for dinner on the boat
Conch Mounds with Oreo
11 febbraio 2025, Isole Vergini Britanniche
ViaggiatoreOur day began with an early 6:30 am snorkel tour to the conch mound graveyard in Anagada. It was a beautiful morning with great snorkeling as seen on Becky’s video. We saw a turtle, stingray and lots of fish. A little rough in the water at times and a good workout!!
ViaggiatoreOreo, Sherwin’s dog, joined us for the tour. Lol! we had beer before breakfast and loud 80's music
ViaggiatoreWe continued our day on Anagada after breakfast with our first stop to rent jeep-like golf carts. We stopped at the iguana sanctuary, flamingo look out, and fisherman’s warf.
Visiting Bikini Bottom
11 febbraio 2025, Isole Vergini Britanniche
9.6 knots- scratch that. 11.4 ⛵️
12 febbraio 2025, Caribbean Sea
ViaggiatoreFull sails from Anagada to Virgin Gorda, Leverick Bay. A little rough but beautiful! Visited the boutique and Becky and Sherry had to down their roadies before going in! We took a taxi to the top of the island for bbq at Hog Heaven. Very steep climb with amazing views at the top!
Calmer seas prevail
12 febbraio 2025, Isole Vergini Britanniche
ViaggiatoreSecond sail of the day from Virgin Gorda to Beef Island. Anchored for the night! The fellas did a little swimming, Sherry lost her sunglasses in the water! Played 31! Grilled steaks and chicken from Iowa….so good!!
Bottle Down
12 febbraio 2025, Isole Vergini Britanniche
Bring Your Money
12 febbraio 2025, Isole Vergini Britanniche
ViaggiatorePlaying 31 while Captain Timpe’s girlfriend Scotty tipped her wing at us as she flew by in airplane.
Marvelous night for a moon dance
12–13 feb 2025, Isole Vergini Britanniche
Full Moon Party
ViaggiatoreCrazy Moon dance night! It was the celebration of the Snow Moon. DJ’s playing at 2 bars. Great vocals from a gal named Jolene! Watched a pottery demo and a guy doing limbo with fire! Cool beach area with bonfires on the beach.
Good Morning Sunshine
13 febbraio 2025, Isole Vergini Britanniche
There are worse places to enjoy your coffee ☀️
ViaggiatoreWoke up in Trellis Bay (the island is Beef Island). This is the same spot where we enjoyed the Moon party. Went in to get a few provisions and headed out for a day of sailing!
All Balls
13 febbraio 2025, Isole Vergini Britanniche
‘Sailing into this wind takes balls’ - Captain Timba
ViaggiatoreSailing in windy conditions to Cooper Island and anchored in Manchionelle Bay for the night. Captain is a good sailor!
Yo ho and a bottle of rum
13–14 feb 2025, Isole Vergini Britanniche
Cooper Island
ViaggiatoreBurgers on the boat that evening. It was a rough night even in this protected bay. Rocking all night! We stayed anchored!
Wreck of th Rhoan
14 febbraio 2025, Isole Vergini Britanniche
Looking for treasure at the sunken ship, The Rhoan off of salt island. The Captain went overboard while sipping his tea. The crew wrecked trying to rescue him. A few swam to shore but they eventuallyLeggi altro
Some Bay Somewhere
14 febbraio 2025, Isole Vergini Britanniche
ViaggiatoreWe came across this wreck on our way to Norman Island/Willy T. It had just recently happened. Never really got the full story…maybe came un-anchored? Lost engine? They will take the boat wreckage out and sink it in the ocean
Last Night Problems
14–15 feb 2025, Isole Vergini Britanniche
Bight Bay on Norman island Home to The Willy-T. Captain got us front row parking. Dave and Becky snorkeled ashore and saw a small turtle munching grass close to the beach 🐢
ViaggiatoreLast dinner at Pirates Bight. Got into a little scuffle while trying to dock the dinghy! Lol! Beautiful night for our last night on the boat!