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Category: Position Reports

  • POSITION REPORT – Baths of Virgin Gorda, (BVI)

    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

  • POSITION REPORT – Virgin Gorda, Spanish Town Harbor Anchorage, BVI

    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

  • POSITION REPORT Virgin Gorda Sound – Saba Rock, British Virgin Islands (BVI)

    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

  • POSITION REPORT – EN ROUTE – Virgin Gorda, British Virgin Islands (BVI)

    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

  • POSITION REPORT – Road Bay – Sandy Ground Beach, Anguilla

    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!…

  • POSITION REPORT – Marigot Bay, St. Martin (French side)

    YOTREPS: YES
    TIME: 2014/04/03 14:07
    LATITUDE: 18-04.14N
    LONGITUDE: 063-05.65W
    MARINE: NO
    WIND_SPEED: 8
    WIND_DIR: E
    CLOUDS: 40%
    VISIBILITY: 25
    BARO: 1014.5
    AIR_TEMP: 28.9C
    COMMENT: Beach House – ANCHORED – Marigot Bay, St. Martin (French side)

    We decided to go around the west end as the French side exit to Simpson\’s Bay is only 30 feet wide!…A bit tight for Miss Piggy.
    A lovely calm motorboat ride. We went by the end of the famous St. Maarten runway where the 747\’s land 130 feet above the beach go-ers.
    We may try to go to the Sunset Bar and watch that event! We\’ll dinghy into the fancy looking French marina and go through the narrow canal to
    see friends Ron and Kathleen onboard \”Lady Amelie\” (currently \”on the hard\”) having some repair work done.
    The island of Anguilla is only 6 miles to our north from here.
    KIT,
    Scott and Nikki

  • POSITION REPORT – Simpsons Bay Marina, St. Maarten (Dutch side)

    YOTREPS: YES
    TIME: 2014/03/31 23:20
    LATITUDE: 18-02.05N
    LONGITUDE: 063-05.39W
    MARINE: NO
    WIND_SPEED: 8
    WIND_DIR: ESE
    CLOUDS: 35%
    VISIBILITY: 20
    BARO: 1014
    AIR_TEMP: 27.2C
    COMMENT: Beach House – DOCKED – Simpson\’s Bay Marina, St. Maarten (Dutch side)

    We REALLY enjoyed our 5 days at St. Bart\’s. The St. Bart\’s Bucket Regatta AND the bonus of
    seeing Jimmy Buffet do a 45 minute concert (where we were 10 feet from the stage) was icing on the cake.

    Cindy and I used to always wonder if we\’d meet Jimmy Buffet somewhere, \”out there\” one day. We\’ll…I did, for her.

    We had great fun watching the \”Gold Platers\” leave St. Bart\’s, many are here with us as well in St. Maarten.

    We also met up with Richard Spindler and Dona de Mallorca of SF Bay\’s \”Latitude 38\” magazine.
    He gave us mention in the online addition at: http://www.latitude38.com/lectronic/LectronicLat.lasso (see March 28th)
    We\’re at a VERY expensive dock and will see about moving tomorrow to some less expensive digs.

    KIT,
    More Blogs posted soon (hint: they\’ve been written!)
    Scott and Nikki

  • POSITION REPORT – Gustavia, Anse Corossol – St. Bart\’s

    YOTREPS: YES
    TIME: 2014/03/26 18:28
    LATITUDE: 17-54.38N
    LONGITUDE: 062-51.46W
    MARINE: NO
    WIND_SPEED: 15
    WIND_DIR: ESE
    CLOUDS: 35%
    VISIBILITY: 35
    BARO: 1016
    AIR_TEMP: 32.8C
    COMMENT: Beach House – ANCHORED – Gustavia, Anse Corossol – St. Bart\’s (St. Barthelemy)

    We had a marvelous sail here from St. Kitt\’s. Full main and reacher most of the way.
    When we were half way, we could clearly see, St. Kitt\’s, Nevis, St. Bart\’s, St. Martin, Statia
    and Saba!… There must be at least 200 boats here, anchoring is tight. There are a dozen \”Gold Plater\’s\” here; must be a race week soon?
    We\’ll find out ashore. Stay tuned!
    Scott and Nikki

  • POSITION REPORT – Gustavia, Anse Corossol – St. Bart\’s

    YOTREPS: YES
    TIME: 2014/03/26 18:28
    LATITUDE: 17-54.38N
    LONGITUDE: 062-51.46W
    MARINE: NO
    WIND_SPEED: 15
    WIND_DIR: ESE
    CLOUDS: 35%
    VISIBILITY: 35
    BARO: 1016
    AIR_TEMP: 32.8C
    COMMENT: Beach House – ANCHORED – Gustavia, Anse Corossol – St. Bart\’s (St. Barthelemy)

    We had a marvelous sail here from St. Kitt\’s. Full main and reacher most of the way.
    When we were half way, we could clearly see, St. Kitt\’s, Nevis, St. Bart\’s, St. Martin, Statia
    and Saba!… There must be at least 200 boats here, anchoring is tight. There are a dozen \”Gold Plater\’s\” here; must be a race week soon?
    We\’ll find out ashore. Stay tuned!
    Scott and Nikki

  • POSITION REPORT – Basseterre, St. Kitts (St. Christopher)

    YOTREPS: YES
    TIME: 2014/03/25 16:38
    LATITUDE: 17-17.56N
    LONGITUDE: 062-43.50W
    MARINE: NO
    WIND_SPEED: 12
    WIND_DIR: E
    CLOUDS: 40%
    VISIBILITY: 20
    BARO: 1015
    AIR_TEMP: 31.1C
    COMMENT: Beach House – DOCKED – Basseterre, St. Kitts (St. Christopher)

    We\’re at a small marina on the outside of their wharf. Our power cord is 2 feet too short to reach.
    We\’ll stay the night and decide if a tour is in order or not. We got a bad report on the anchorage at \”Statia\”
    (St. Eustatius). We\’re within walking distance of two local markets and customs. The cruise ship dock is next door as well.
    KIT,
    Scott and Nikki