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That’s right, sixty days from today we’ll be flying the friendly skies to Tortola and St Thomas. The boat deposit is in the mail and the galley crew is looking over provisioning options. We’ve heard that you can pre-order from Bobbys Supermarket and plan to do some of it that way. We’ll wait till we arrive to buy meats, veggies and fruits.

I spent an hour today pulling out my crisp new nautical maps and reviewing anchorage options. Its amazing how many great places there are and sad that we only have 10 days to make it happen. Right now I’m thinking we’ll select four main stops and spend two nights at each so we’ll have plenty of time to soak it all in. That’ll leave a couple of completely spontaneous days to go with our gut. But the group knows that the winds and weather will have a lot to say about where we finally set anchor, so we’ll leave a lot of it in God’s hands. 

Next Saturday we all meet for our next "crew party"- a great excuse to share food and get each other pumped for the trip. Several of us have been on a number of adventures together since that first charter to the BVI in 2002 and we’ve found its the best way to turn a short vacation into a really long one!