January 17...We arrived in Francis Bay on St. John and here we sit. We ran in to Second hand Rose on checking in to the US and had a mooring in Francis next to them. They left today and we plan on leaving for Charlotte Amalie tomorrow to replenish. The wind generator is working top notch. Last night we listened to The Coulson Brothers and realized the outside speakers were not working. One was fixed today, the other is shot. Oh well, better things to spend money on! Basically, routine has been the same, coffee, do odd jobs, lunch, then to the beach. Nice isn't it?
Last night was so quiet. There was no air or water movement. Quiet as a mill pond. Felt as if I was sleeping on land!
Moving on today to Charlotte Amalie to replenish and perhaps see the last tourist stop.....Hassel Island. Our plans are also to go back to the BVIs next week.
Motored to Christmas Cove and we were able to pick up a free mooring. yes! Then dinghied over to Benner Bay. It was calm. We wanted to see if we could find someone for the Honda. Closed today as it is Martin Luther King day. Will try again tomorrow. Gorgeous sunset tonight.
January 19...Dinghied to Benner Bay with the Honda this time and found Bruce who will hopefully fix the pull cord. Stopped by my fav grocery store, Food Center, to buy a few items seeing as we may stay here a bit longer to wait for the Honda repair. An unusually comfortable dinghy ride there and back. Another nice sunset, too bad boats were in the way!
Lots of activity, water skiing and a man and his dog on a paddle board. Interesting picture with the sun shining on the trees and rocks.....almost looks like fall.
Last night was so quiet. There was no air or water movement. Quiet as a mill pond. Felt as if I was sleeping on land!
Moving on today to Charlotte Amalie to replenish and perhaps see the last tourist stop.....Hassel Island. Our plans are also to go back to the BVIs next week.
Motored to Christmas Cove and we were able to pick up a free mooring. yes! Then dinghied over to Benner Bay. It was calm. We wanted to see if we could find someone for the Honda. Closed today as it is Martin Luther King day. Will try again tomorrow. Gorgeous sunset tonight.
January 19...Dinghied to Benner Bay with the Honda this time and found Bruce who will hopefully fix the pull cord. Stopped by my fav grocery store, Food Center, to buy a few items seeing as we may stay here a bit longer to wait for the Honda repair. An unusually comfortable dinghy ride there and back. Another nice sunset, too bad boats were in the way!
Lots of activity, water skiing and a man and his dog on a paddle board. Interesting picture with the sun shining on the trees and rocks.....almost looks like fall.
January 25...Well here we are back at Greenhouse in Charlotte Amalie. Have completed a few shopping stops at Ace Hardware and now having happy hour with a Landshark Island Lager.
We spent lots of time at Christmas Cove, almost our alloted ten days. Lots of action there. We determined that is where all the charter Cats hang out waiting for their next $12,000 to $32,000 seven day trip for two, maybe six people depending on the size of boat. Of course, this includes three meals a day, probably cocktails as well.
Yesterday we motored over to Cinnamon Bay to join L,L and Bug and Maggie and spent a lovely day and evening there. This morning woke up to the north swells and couldn't hardly find the beach. Too bad as I was going for a leisurely swim this morning. My last swim was at Christmas Cove where I did a swan dive into the water to save one of our fav cushions and ended up swimming practically into the channel!. But I did manage to save it!
Going back to C.A. this morning. the water crashing over the reef was really something.
January 27...Yesterday was an exciting time in the harbour. One boat dragged and picked up another vessel's anchor chain causing them both to drag. Sea-tow was hailed on VHS. They replied right away but did not show up until 45 minutes later by which time the vessels had sorted out their problem. The entire episode took about three hours. I can imagine how stressed the vessels' occupants were.....I certainly was! Wondered what I would do in that situation. There were dinghies all over the place and the boats kept getting closer to shore.
Oh yes, if you are wondering about the key picture. Someone had this around their wrist and had the keys to the companion way hanging precariously over the water doing whatever, e.g. starting and tying up the dinghy. Another good laugh about that one and lucky we didn't have to use bolt cutters again which of course are in the boat. We also ended up going to Home Depot and Cost U Less. I had Peter taking the Safari up and then walking uphill to the named stores. Took cab back with all our purchases. A short stop to Pueblo as well to refresh the wine supply!
Today was laundry day and a few more purchases at Pueblo and a clean up.
Tomorrow Emily arrives and hopefully the winds die a bit....although it does not look too promising. Oh well, can't change the forecast.
A gorgeous catamaran near the cruise ship dock, called Silvercloud. Check it out on the Net. Also an amazing two masted cat called Heron anchored beside us.
Off to Crown Bay for fuel and water, anchor always a bit of a challenge, and back to the anchorage. Airport run, then anchor up and away we went. Decided to brave the swells, winds and move out of the Charlotte Amalie anchorage as it was pretty swelly. Really no reason to be there unless stocking up. A good motor past Christmas Cove, there was a mooring but winds and swells fairly light so decided to push on to Francis. So incredibly calm .... water is like glass!
