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British, US and Spanish Virgin Islands

Sailing blog from British Virgin Islands by Ralph Z.

November 08, 2008: We arrived at Tortola in the afternoon and took a taxi straight to the Sunsail base. Our 40-foot sloop was awaiting us.We had dinner at Fat Hog Bob’s. They’ve a great deck facing the Sir Francis Drake Channel. Very good, I can really recommend it. » read more

British and US Virgin Islands

July 4 through July 20 trip aboard a Lagoon 420 (hybrid) through the US and British Virgin Islands.

Sailing blog from British Virgin Islands by Lucky36

July 12, 2008: It began about 8 months ago.  Our good friends at Hill Country Yacht Club asked if we would be interested in spending 2 weeks on a brand new Lagoon 420 cruising the British and US Virgin Islands.  This is the new version Lagoon 420 with electric engines and a diesel gen set.  It took a little convincing but once Johni (my girlfriend) realized that she would not be out o... » read more

BVI

Sailing blog from British Virgin Islands by LETPIVARU Z.

BVI Fall 2008

Tooling around the BVI aboard Martha R with some of my best buds for too short a time

Sailing blog from British Virgin Islands by drharvell

November 21, 2008:  This dream began as many of mine do – figuring out how to get something cheaper! In 2002 my wife, Debbie, and 6 other friends were with me aboard the Belline II, a fabulous 48’ Cat operated by Captain Walter Wegman and his lovely wife Lela. I was an early riser and loved to get up and take a dive off the pontoon to start the morning. On the last day of our BVI charter, I ... » read more

True Colours Towards the Caribbean

Portsmouth - Weymouth - L'Aber Wrac'h - Gijon - Cudillero - Ribadeo - Viviero - Cedeira - Sada - Camarinas - Coruna - Muros -

Sailing blog by TrueColours

September 06, 2008: After loads of goodbyes and all sorts of much appreciated help from some very good friends, the long-awaited slip from F32, Gosport Marina, on 14th June, took us to Newtown Creek, IOW, where we spent a few days with Dave’s sister Lisa and bumped into some ‘ardway ‘ooligans (Hi Beanie and Jim…)We had a longer than expected stay in Weymouth with electronics problems and ba... » read more