High Heels in Paradise

This has been an exhilarating day of sailing! We spent most of our day headed into the wind (as usual) but the winds were high and we set our sails accordingly. If you know sailing, you probably realize that "Journey's End" must have been heeling significantly to stay on course through these close-hauled points of sail. In fact, we think our toilet even spilled out at one point. Jon estimates that we were heeled close to 40 degrees at times. Quite a feat and accomplishment for a scared and novice sailor like me. Unfortunately, I was too preoccupied to take any photos.

After a very fun evening in Great Harbor, Jost Van Dyke, we headed towards a couple of fun day anchorages. Little Jost is home to "Foxy's Taboo," and offshoot of the famous (or infamous) Foxy's in GH where we visited yesterday.

We caught a mooring on Little Jost and snorkeled the shallow reef for about an hour, finally seeing some turtles. The ones we spotted were quite large, and had remoras clinging to their sides. We continued to explore these waters and got a glimpse of a tarpon following his meal of minnows.

From there, we stopped at Sandy Cay - likely the location used in the popular Corona ads. Sandy Cay is clearly stunning. We swam instead of taking our dinghy to the beach.

We are now moored in Cane Garden Bay, a much-talked-about spot in the BVIs that I thought sounded overblown. But I was wrong. It's actually a lively, vibrant community with a smattering of good bars and restaurants on a very picturesque sandy beach. We met our new friends, Ken and DD, for happy hour before saying our goodbyes. Tomorrow we head back to the US Virgin Islands for a couple of days before bringing "Journey's End" back to her home.

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