British Virgin Islands April 30,09
We arrived in BVI and anchored off Spanishtown on the island of Virgin Gorda (fat virgin).
Our arrival was pretty exciting. As we were sailing uptowards the island the Canadian Barkentine Caledonia was approaching the anchorage from the other direction. For us to get in we had to tack and we did so just as Caledonia was motoring past. From where I was on the quarter deck it looked like we were really close to them. The people on Caledonia were all taking pictures as we swung through the wind directly abeam of them.
The island here is marked by very large granite boulders some 50′ or more in diameter all piled up along the waters edge. Apparently they were originally enclosed in a lava flow of some sort and once the softer lava eroded left them lying around on top of each other. We up anchored after clearing in and motored over to the National Park that covered the corner of the island and spent the afternoon climbing and scrambling around these giant balls of rock.
Then we up anchored again and motored back to anchor off Spanishtown again. Got a good workout today 
After dinner I went ashore and spent th evening doing Internet stuff and chilling.
More later…
I’m in a little restaurant drinking coffee and waiting for my laundry to finish. We will be heading for Jost Van Dyke around 11:00am this morning and we will be there for 4 days then it’s on to Bermuda which should take 10 days or so.
I’m actually looking forward to another long passage, and this one will be the second last of the whole trip.
These 6 months are nearly over and I have crossed a great ocean and passed through Neptune’s Court and felt the power which is the Sea itself. So much beauty, hard work and fun. The next 20 days will be bitter sweet as we head North back to the cold but also back to the warmth of our loved ones.
Thanks for reading.
KJ