Author: Fracasblog
We have an early start today. The frig has been acting up so we fussed about how and what to do with it. So at the end I googlized it and we did some tests and narrowed down the issue…
We had a great sail coming from Anegada. The boat performed perfectly. No knots coming undone. No engine failure. The only minor issue we ran out of ice. But that is easily replaced and already in the bag. The weather…
Sorry I can’t get the pictures yet, will add a gallery when I can get the pics onto the laptop…it is a long story. Anyhow, Captain Rick and I managed to get the boat ship shape for our outing on…
Anegada is the second largest of the British Virgin Islands but is very different. It is made up of sand and coral. The other islands are volcanic and relatively mountainous. Anegada is low, 28 feet being the highest point of…
We have an internet connection from the boat. Wow, Anegada is remote but connected. We have an antenna and the equipment but we have to go ashore and secretly get the password to make it work. Rick is busily preparing…
Friday November 29 Rick lost an egg, a lengthy search was conducted by the crew. The rats looked guilty but in the end the missing egg was found in the carton at the other end. Rick had simply used the…
Thursday was our day to move. Everything had been going so well. Why would that change. We dropped the ball at Leverick and headed around the corner into gun creek to get a line for hoisting the main, just in…
Today we sail to Anegada. The most northerly of the Virgin Islands. It is part of a huge reef system that arcs from Anegada all the way south east to Virgin Gorda. The southernmost tip of the reef is Necker…
We went ashore and one round, Heineken and Goslings and coke was $11. With the tip it was still $11. We are cheap old sailors. Rick did a load of laundry and I had one t shirt that had soup…
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