[s] [d] 5/26/2012 [t] back to the virgin islands [l] St Thomas US VI [a] roger [b] so this am the winds where light so we agreed to take larry back to relive his first sailing experience in the virgin islands. we started out with a passage through a reef. i was pretty confident based on the charts so far that we would have no problems. lets just say we will not be doing this passage again. larry did a great job spotting coral and directing me around it but the charts where completely off!
after about 4 hours of motoring we arrived in this great turquoise bay. after a bit of snorkeling we headed to shore to a beach bar. larry wanted to go to Charlotte Amelia but our waitress/bartender advised it was too dangerous, in fact there was a paper on the bar talking about two tourists being shot in a drive by. she recommended we go to french town instead but mentioned the cabs would cost us $40 each way. things where not looking good but larry again saved the day by asking her if she would give us i ride.
she agreed and we sent the girls back to change. french town was very cool we found a great local bar and then a tapas place for dinner. larry was disapointed it was not nicer and we where sitting at the bar but we where quite happy. larry and sheri picked up the tab again, thanks! we made it back without two much drama except both larry and aimee wanted to swim out and get the dingy so we had a bit of a competition. i think aimee “won” in the end.
cheers, roger
