Back from the USVI

Spent a week enjoying the hospitality of our good friends Dave and Cheryl on Success, their 42′ cutter.

Flickr pics here. More later.

And later than intended but nonetheless, here are a few choice snaps…

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Fish Bay, south side of St Thomas. The National Park starts just to the east. Our home for the week is the second boat from the right.

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S. V. Success, Dave and Cheryl’s 42′ cutter. The other boat is a Fife schooner.

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Mooring pennant OK?

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Classic view of Trunk Bay. We picked up a mooring there the day after and had some beach time.

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Julia and Cheryl on Trunk Bay beach.

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Honeymoon Bay. We were there on a Monday which turned out to be Movie Night. This is on Water Island off St Thomas; the locals rig a screen between the palms and show movies. We caught glimpses of Yes Man.

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Cheryl and Dave firing our boat christening gift for the first time. It’s a yacht cannon, traditionally used to signal end of day, when colors are struck. Or the Beer Gun as remarked by a nearby boat. Great echoes in Francis Bay.

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Neat gaff skiff moored in very shallow water in Fish Bay. Could be a local design, though I see a bit of New England influence. (Very hollow bow.)

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Finally, a great shot of Cheryl and the emerald water of Trunk Bay. Such is paradise.

Thanks to them both for another great cruise. Our experience grows.