Category: 2014 April Positions

YOTREPS: YES
TIME: 2014/04/10 20:29
LATITUDE: 18-23.20N
LONGITUDE: 064-42.14W
MARINE: NO
WIND_SPEED: 15
WIND_DIR: ESE
CLOUDS: 50%
VISIBILITY: 25
BARO: 1016
AIR_TEMP: 31.7C
COMMENT: Beach House – MOORED – Soper\’s Hole, Tortola (BVI)

We did a short dive at \”The Indians\” and then took a quick tour of Road Town and a buzz by Nanny Cay before coming here to the \”west end\”.
Every mooring was taken and finally one opened up. The harbor is 55-70 feet deep (which we could anchor in – it\’s so calm), but I prefer the mooring
in such deep water. Might go ashore, we\’ll soon head to Jost Van Dyke (Island) by way of (maybe) Cane Garden Bay on Tortola\’s north side?
KIT,
Scott and Nikki

YOTREPS: YES
TIME: 2014/04/10 12:27
LATITUDE: 18-19.98N
LONGITUDE: 064-37.74W
MARINE: NO
WIND_SPEED: 15
WIND_DIR: ESE
CLOUDS: 65%
VISIBILITY: 20
BARO: 1018.1
AIR_TEMP: 27.8C
COMMENT: Beach House – MOORED – The Indians – Pelican Island (BVI)

We got here at 8 am and just in time to get one of the last three moorings. (No anchoring allowed here).
It\’s a dive spot I did 18 years ago with Cindy. We called it the \”Bumblebee Dive\” (I\’ll explain in the blog!..:-)
After diving, we\’ll be off the entire 5 miles to Road Harbour, Tortola as Nikki wants to see \”the big town\”…
KIT,
Scott and Nikki

YOTREPS: YES
TIME: 2014/04/09 17:14
LATITUDE: 18-19.00N
LONGITUDE: 064-36.95W
MARINE: NO
WIND_SPEED: 18
WIND_DIR: ESE
CLOUDS: 50%
VISIBILITY: 25
BARO: 1017.3
AIR_TEMP: 30.0C
COMMENT: Beach House – MOORED – The Bight, Norman Island (BVI)

Cooper Island is essentially a resort with a mooring field. As such, we decided to take a look at Peter Island (pretty much the same)
en route to where we are at Norman Island. We actually BRIEFLY sailed into US territorial waters just east of \”The Indians\”. It\’s a rock formation with
moorings and a fair dive site. I went there with Cindy in 1996. There is a funny story with that – that I will post in the blog!
Relax here today, dive the Indians (?) tomorrow and maybe then off to Tortola\’s \”Road Harbour\” which Nikki wants to see.
KIT,
Scott and Nikki

YOTREPS: YES
TIME: 2014/04/09 13:48
LATITUDE: 18-23.14N
LONGITUDE: 064-30.85W
MARINE: NO
WIND_SPEED: 18
WIND_DIR: E
CLOUDS: 65%
VISIBILITY: 20
BARO: 1018.1
AIR_TEMP: 28.9C
COMMENT: Beach House – MOORED – Manchioneel Bay, Cooper Island, BVI

Trellis Bay wasn\’t much and dangerously packed in with moorings too close. No where to anchor or we would have.
We came the 5 miles to Cooper and the mooring field is still a bit tight. There is a resort here and nice scenery/beaches…we think?

KIT,
Scott and Nikki

YOTREPS: YES
TIME: 2014/04/08 19:09
LATITUDE: 18-26.78N
LONGITUDE: 064-31.92W
MARINE: NO
WIND_SPEED: 15
WIND_DIR: E
CLOUDS: 50%
VISIBILITY: 20
BARO: 1015.6
AIR_TEMP: 30.6C
COMMENT: Beach House – MOORED – Trellis Bay, Beef Island (BVI)

We had a very enjoyable day at \”The Baths of Virgin Gorda\”. Lovely snorkel and swim, nice onshore too…:-)
Came across the Sir Francis Drake Channel to overnight at Trellis Bay. May zig back over across the channel tomorrow
or go down to Road Town (main town in the BVI)… Not sure yet.
Stay tuned,
Scott and Nikki

YOTREPS: YES
TIME: 2014/04/08 12:02
LATITUDE: 18-26.17N
LONGITUDE: 064-26.75W
MARINE: NO
WIND_SPEED: 12
WIND_DIR: E
CLOUDS: 70%
VISIBILITY: 20
BARO: 1016.7
AIR_TEMP: 26.7C
COMMENT: Beach House – MOORED – Baths of Virgin Gorda

A lovely night off Spanish Town Marina inside a sweet little protected reef. We moved VERY early this morning to
the famous \”Baths of Virgin Gorda\”. Beautiful sand and boulder beach with lots of clear warm water to swim in,
For those of you who did not get the \”St. Barts Bucket Regatta\” video shot by a drone!… see: http://vimeo.com/9072453

Nikki just made lovely buckwheat pancakes and shortly we\’ll explore the beach before the 6 mile sail to the east end of Tortola.
KIT,
Scott and Nikki

YOTREPS: YES
TIME: 2014/04/07 18:36
LATITUDE: 18-26.82N
LONGITUDE: 064-26.40W
MARINE: NO
WIND_SPEED: 17
WIND_DIR: E
CLOUDS: 65%
VISIBILITY: 15
BARO: 1016.1
AIR_TEMP: 31.1C
COMMENT: Beach House – ANCHORED – Virgin Gorda, Spanish Town Harbor Anchorage, BVI

We were told of a little secret spot right outside Spanish Harbor. We have the anchorage to ourself and there are 50 boats
all packed together gazing \”with interest\”….We\’re inside a small reef with a narrow opening and a 9 foot deep entrance. Sandy, clear…
We\’re 1/2 mile north of the famous Baths of Virgin Gorda.. a most interesting beach and boulder rock formations. There are 50 boats anchored off it now.
KIT,
Scott and Nikki

YOTREPS: YES
TIME: 2014/04/06 21:20
LATITUDE: 18-29.89N
LONGITUDE: 064-21.66W
MARINE: NO
WIND_SPEED: 17
WIND_DIR: E
CLOUDS: 40%
VISIBILITY: 25
BARO: 1015.2
AIR_TEMP: 30.0C
COMMENT: Beach House – MOORED – Virgin Gorda Sound – Saba Rock, British Virgin Islands (BVI)

Fabulous sail, almost straight downwind all day. Passed Richard Branson\’s Private Island (Necker Island) on the way in.
We said hi for all of you. We\’ll dart in for a meal and happy hour at Saba Rock!
KIT,
Scott and Nikki

YOTREPS: YES
TIME: 2014/04/06 15:03
LATITUDE: 18-21.36N
LONGITUDE: 063-42.80W
COURSE: 286T
SPEED: 8.1
MARINE: YES
WIND_SPEED: 18
WIND_DIR: ENE
WAVE_HT: 0.5M
WAVE_PER: 8
SWELL_DIR: ENE
SWELL_HT: 1.8M
SWELL_PER: 8
CLOUDS: 40%
VISIBILITY: 25
BARO: 1017.3
AIR_TEMP: 28.3C
SEA_TEMP: 25.6C
COMMENT: Beach House – EN ROUTE – Virgin Gorda, British Virgin Islands (BVI)

We\’re having a brilliant sail and 1/2 way to Virgin Gorda. We\’ve about 5 hours to go, wind on the stern, spinnaker pole with
genoa out \”wing and wing\”. A truly lovely sail! We\’ll report when we\’re anchored. KIT!
Scott and Nikki

YOTREPS: YES
TIME: 2014/04/05 16:59
LATITUDE: 18-11.98N
LONGITUDE: 063-05.59W
MARINE: NO
WIND_SPEED: 16
WIND_DIR: ENE
CLOUDS: 85%
VISIBILITY: 10
BARO: 1016.5
AIR_TEMP: 28.9C
COMMENT: Beach House – ANCHORED – Road Bay, Sandy Ground Beach, Anguilla

We departed for the short ride to Anguilla from St. Martin and were in tandem with SWITCH #5!…The long missing, s/v \”Simoust\”
We have not been able to reach them via radio yet, but hopefully they will come into the anchorage later in the day.
There are about 10 cruising boats here and the winds have been over 20 knots most of the day. We\’ll check in this afternoon
and see how long we will stay before our next sail (long one!) to the BVI (Virgin Gorda).
Stand by,
Scott and Nikki

PS: the remote ship\’s blog posting system is acting up, so our last blog \”Antigua and Barbuda\” hasn\’t been posted yet!
SOON!…