Geo: 18.2866, -65.6363We stayed in Great Harbour JVD, on our last night in the British Virgin Islands. Visited Foxy's one last time for a delicious Roti, and then we were off the next morning, stopping in Culebra, Spanish Virgin Islands, for two days, with a final destination of mainland Puerto Rico. There were large beds of seaweed on our trip to Culebra. Enough so that it all bunched up in our prop. As we were motoring, we noticed that our speed was diminishing. At times we slow down because of current but this was too much! We drifted to a stop, and shifted the boat back and forth from reverse to neutral. Clumps and clumps of seaweed ejected from the prop. After a few minutes we appeared to be free of seaweed. We put the boat ... read more

Geo: 18.4498, -64.725In our attempt to find an anchorage, rather than a mooring field, we spent much of our time between Cane Garden Bay, Tortola, and Diamond Cay, Jost Van Dyke. We spent many days at the beach in CGB and at Diamond Cay we enjoyed hiking to the jacuzzi pool. It was a very dry spring with a lot of Sahara Sand in the atmosphere. Enjoyed so many lazy, hazy days in the BVI. May 9th, 2015 - Enjoying the BVI!Hello all,From Culebra, PR, we moved through washing-machine-like seas to St. Thomas, United States Virgin Islands. (That was a miserable four hour sail.) There, we staged ourselves in Brewer's Bay, near the airport, for a week, in anticipation of Tony's BFF arriving in a week.We are now in the British Virgin Islands. We've been here ... read more

Geo: 18.4417, -64.5297Last stop on our whirlwind "charter" week. We stayed awhile after Jimmy left to "get ourselves back to normal"!! :) May 12th, 2015 - Our week as "Inspiration Charters Co." in the BVIHello all,We hope this email finds you well, excited about your own summer holidays approaching, and for many of you, the sailing season to be underway! We enjoy receiving your updates too....so please keep sending them our way!So, my last blast was quick and as promised here is a full update of our first week, along with LOTS of new pictures on the blog! FIVE new entries in fact!! (Link to each under each paragraph.) By the way, did you know that from Miami, FL to St. Thomas USVI it is just under 1000 nautical miles?!! Wow. We've come a long way! ... read more

Geo: 18.3333, -64.6167There's the Willie T....and then there's the civilized way....... read more

Geo: 18.4428, -64.7503Yahoo! We're in the British Virgin Islands!!! ... read more