We’ve just wrapped up a vacation from our vacation. Cat’s parents, VJ and Gina, and their good friends, Pam and Doug, came down to the BVI for a week of sailing. We insisted that they join us aboard our 2.5 bed/1.5 bath floating condo, but for reasons beyond us they decided that they’d be more comfortable on a charter catamaran with a generator and air conditioning. Go figure.
With our two boats, we formed a little flotilla and made a circuit around the BVI. For those of you familiar with the area, you’ll be unimpressed by the distances covered. Starting in Road Town, we hit Cooper, North Sound for two nights, Guana, the east end of Jost, and Deadman’s on Peter for the last night. A handful of lunch stops along the way as well.
While the itinerary was unambitious, with never more than a 15 mile sail on any given day, it was our kind of sailing. I use the term itinerary loosely, our destinations were considered over coffee each morning and decided in actuality by how we felt when the sails were up. Cocktail time approaching? Pull the boats over! Grassy bottom in the anchorage? Eh, we’ll move on down the line to where the holding is good. No pressure to be anywhere.
The steaks, rum, and stubbed toes couldn’t last forever, though, so we said our goodbyes yesterday morning and they chugged off towards Road Town without us.
While the last week was a most relaxing respite from the drudgery of our normal cruising life (just kidding – there’s no drudgery), it’s good to be getting back into a routine now that the rest of the gang has gone home. We’re back at Nanny Cay for a couple nights so that we can stock up on more parts and provisions and take advantage of reliable internet. We’re getting the boat and ourselves prepped for the upcoming passage to St. Martin. While not very far in the grand scheme of things (90 miles to windward), it’s our first offshore passage on this boat (and Cat’s first, period), so we’re anxious to make sure we’ve got all our ducks in a row soon so that we can cut and run if a good weather window presents itself. Prevailing conditions would have us smashing directly into 15-25 knots of wind and 6′ seas, so we are hoping that we’ll find a day or two when the wind eases and clocks north so we can sail it comfortably. More on passage preparations to come.
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