Wednesday, April 29th, 2009
Sunday April 26,09
Our watch was on duty today, which was just as well as I suspect that everything ashore was closed if
yesterday is any indication.
First thing after breakfast we shifted the ship into the middle of the bay to give us a bit more swing room
as the winds have been variable making the ship swing almost 360 degrees!
Last night the on watch had taken in about 10ft of chain because our stern was only 20′ or so from the
rocks!
Surprisingly we had a normal Sunday, ie there was no official ships work, which made for a fairly relaxing
day.
I was safety lookout for several of the crew who went snorkeling along the cliffs that surround this little
bay we are in. The Sun was bright and there was a really strong wind blowing out in the channel between
the islands which brought some swell into the bay. The water is incredibly clear and you can see the
bottom from the taffrail.
This evening we had another fancy dress dinner which was fun. My anchor watch is 1:00am to 2:00am tonight and the plan is to hoist anchor as soon as we can tomorrow morning so we can get cleared out and underway to the British Virgin Isands which is 250 some miles to the North.
The trip should take 2-3 days.
Odd to think that Jost van Dyke in the BVI is the second last port of call before we get back to Lunenberg
and the end of my passage. Lots of sailing to come but the end is less than a month way.
Hmmmm….
Thanks for reading.
KJ
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