Land Ho! British Virgin Islands

Dates
5 Jun 200620 Jun 2006
Photographs
14

From the log

After 6 days and 4 hours at sea we are now in the British Virgin Islands. The British Virgin Islands consist of three main islands with about 22,000 people: Jost Van Dyke(500), Tortola(15,000), and Virgin Gorda(3000). It is a huge charter boat area with 1000`s of boats. The sailing is great. Provisioning is convenient and they have most everything we like. The official currency is U.S. which makes things very easy! We`ve been here 10 days relaxing, having some fun, and getting some boat projects done. As expected a 1000 mile passage brings a couple of surprises. So we decided to do a couple of repairs before heading for Trinidad. Our insurance still requires us to be in Trinidad, which is below the hurricane belt, by July 1. So we`ll be moving on soon.

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Photographs we took along the way

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  • Marge H.12 Mar 2025

    Following along from Houston and loving every update. That shot of the anchorage at dawn is going straight on my wall.

  • Chris P.28 Feb 2025

    We crossed paths with you in Bocas years ago and have been reading ever since. Fair winds to you both.

  • Ellen R.9 Feb 2025

    My grandkids and I look up every island you mention on the map. It has turned into our little geography lesson.

  • Tom & Susan21 Jan 2025

    Twenty years of this and still going. You two are the reason we finally put a deposit on a boat of our own.