Saturday, April 30, 2011

Girl's weekend

For a change in perspective I went to Hotel on the Cay with my girlfriends, Jen and Kirby.

We started with champagne


relaxed on the beach


and in the water


and ate a lovely dinner out


We were celebrating Jen's last weekend on St. Croix. Boy is she going to be missed!

Friday, April 29, 2011

Brian & Lexi's Wedding

We were invited to the wedding of Brian & Lexi on Rainbow Beach at sunset.


It was as perfect as they come with one exception-

this was Jen's last sunset on St. Croix.

(for a while)

Thursday, April 28, 2011

Wednesday, April 27, 2011

Morning View

From the boat

From the beach

Tuesday, April 26, 2011

Saturday, April 23, 2011

Very Good Friday

Who's that back there skiing on the Caribbean Sea?


Take a guess.


Friday, April 22, 2011

Thursday, April 21, 2011

So Flat Calm

it seems like we should be able to skip rocks to St John.

Wednesday, April 20, 2011

The Three Stages of Seasickness




First, you think you might die.




Second, you wish you would die.



Then, you realize that you won't die and lose all hope of ever being okay again.





Lisa may have reached a fourth.






Tuesday, April 19, 2011

Monday, April 18, 2011

Saturday, April 16, 2011

Friday, April 15, 2011

Speaking of Big Yachts

a couple of weeks ago I went to meet Lisa and Jen at Shoy Beach

and found them conspiring to board Shalimar.

Thursday, April 14, 2011

Wednesday, April 13, 2011

Soursop Bandits



I guess this means they're fruit bats.

Tuesday, April 12, 2011

Monday, April 11, 2011

Bath Day

The Baths on Virgin Gorda!

After following a trail through tunnels of granite

and by giant boulders

and through some tight squeezes we came out on the beach at Devil's Bay
where we put on masks and fins and snorkeled our way back.

Sunday, April 10, 2011

Jost

After checking in to the BVIs on Tortola we sailed across to White Bay on Jost Van Dyke.

There was plenty of room at the Soggy Dollar.

Which meant no waiting to try a hand at the well worn ring game.

Saturday, April 9, 2011

Kindred Crew

I got a phone call asking if I'd be available to work as First Mate aboard Kindred Spirit for a weekend charter to the BVIs


After a nasty start the weather cleared and we picked up our guests on St Thomas. We then headed to St John to spend the night in Leinster Bay.


Sometimes it pays to answer the phone.




Friday, April 8, 2011

Thursday, April 7, 2011

Worst Job Ever

Part of my job today involved running offshore to a tanker to pick up a couple of "wall-washers".

Their job is to climb down into the holding tanks onboard the tanker to clean and inspect to make sure that any new petroleum product that gets loaded in won't be contaminated by whatever was in there previously.

No thanks!

Wednesday, April 6, 2011

We're Gonna Need a Bigger Blender

Rascal has a knack for testing ripeness.

Tuesday, April 5, 2011

Taxes Are Done

which is no small feat in a U.S. Territory.

Monday, April 4, 2011

Sunday, April 3, 2011

Saturday, April 2, 2011