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| Wandering Star at anchor by The Baths, BVI's |
Leaving Anguilla late in the afternoon Sim and I had our
first overnight sail ever on Wandering Star.
It’s amazing how we have managed to sail up and down the island chain and
miss out the onerous night passages. But
the trip to the BVI’s was downwind making it a much more comfortable sail
then the hard beat the rest of the eastern Caribbean normally requires. That’s
not to say it wasn’t without its discomfort - the beam to swell rolling the
boat from side to side and the mainsail occasionally shaking violently down the
mast is enough to fray anyone’s nerves.
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| The anchorage at Spanish Town, Virgin Gorda |
We arrived as the sun rose over Virgin Gorda the following
morning after a night of dodging cruise ships.
First Stop was Spanish Town to clear in with Customs and
Immigration. This small group of emerald
isles are a salty dogs dream - sailors flock here in their masses to cruise the
short distances between the sun flecked islands in seas of the most amazing
hues and stretches of sandy white beaches to go with them. It is a sailors’ paradise.
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| The boulders at The Baths |
We stayed the night in Spanish town, mooching around the
small marina village. We even spotted
Cliff Richard whilst having a quick drink and check of emails in one of the
waterfront bars. The following morning
despite not being fully recovered from our lack of sleep from the overnight
sail we dragged ourselves out of bed and over to The Baths – the infamous group
of beach boulders and caves that play with the sunlight making the whole place
look pretty spectacular. The rocks are
volcanic lava left from millions of years ago forming caves pools and grottos
to swim, snorkel and frolic in. When
pictures can say a thousand words......
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