21/2/15
Arrived Road Town, Tortola about 15:30......................moored up at Village Cay Marina.
Had a quick celebration with Champagne all round.....................then it started........beer, wine.....etc etc................all very messy !!!
22/2/15
Very messy this morning.................GAWD, what a hangover !!!!!
Took loads of stick from rest of the crew + skipper...............
23/2/15
Work on boat, later in the evening Any and i went for a walk around Road Town......we met a dude called Marvin, he was asking for money so he can have his feet amputated......................YEAH right !!!
We eventually met Kevin in the Pussers Bar, we had a couple of "Pain killers" (Rum based cocktail)............Andy and i had 2 each and decided enough was enough and departed for the boat. Skipper, however, stayed on talking to some random guys and reckoned there were going to start an oldies rock band...................mmmmmmmmmmmmm...............rum talking we reckon.............we never saw that night ............but next morning................
24/2/15
Ooooooo......hang on hers Kevin..........or is it Death warmed up !!!!! Gwad and i thought i looked bad the other night.............what a state he was in.....................10 Pain killers dont do you a load of good !!!!!! World be warned !!!!!
In the afternoon we all jumped into the car for a road trip around Tortola............we got to Smugglers Bay and had a fantastic swim..............lovely jubbly !!!
We eventually drove further long the northen coast to Long Bay or the next one, not too sure where stops and the next starts !!!!
Into a local baech bar we all trundled.......Andy & i had Stella's , as we were'nt driving, We all ordered pizza, apparently there was a bit of a wait as the woman was making them on her on..............fair enough, no major rush......................however, an hour or so later only mine had a rrived, we waited a bit longer, then said boll## to it...........we eventually got all the drinks for free including the beers................Kevin on water...........aaaaaaaaaaaa !!!!!!!!!!!!!
25/2/15
Took Andy to the airport today..................big sad to see him go...............always have a good laugh with him, not the same without him.
Return the car to the hire company...........Kevin accidently left his bag in the reception there.............DOH...........he collects next morning.
Anyway, we get everything ready on the boat to leave in the morning.
26/2/15
Left Road Town harbour about 11:45, all went well until we were about to leave the marina when suddenly a gust of wind took my / Bryn's hat off my head and threw it into the dock....................aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa...........................luckily a guy and his wife were passing in their rib....................he swiftly went back for it and brought it back to the boat. I collected it from the sugar scoop / transom step.
Brilliant cheers mate.
Lovely sail through the BVI islands with Genoa up.................flying along at 7 to 8 knots.
Fishing line deployed.........we awaited our first fish.
Arrived Puerto del Rey 22:00 local time...................what an event/effort that was, getting onto the mooring.....the marina people were hopeless, they did eventually come down to help, we just had no idea where the finger we were supposed to be on was in relation to the entrance.........gawd, then it started to rain a heavy shower...............Kevin did a brilliant job getting us safely into what i will say was a tight squeeze..............only 30cms on one side !!!!!...............
Village Cay marina in Road Town
An anchorage on the west side of the island
Yours truly on Smugglers Bay beach, prior to the swim
getting in .............
view down the beach...............gawd......can't do with these crowds ....
yours truly .....after swim
Andy & Caro attacking me.................
house on the beach road
sunset on Long bay
leaving BVI's ..........
some passing traffic...........
about to leave the islands
a few properties on the last island
bye bye BVI's
hello AVI's
....and hello Puerto Rico........Marina Del Rey...........morning after the epic mooring up the night before.
Arrived Road Town, Tortola about 15:30......................moored up at Village Cay Marina.
Had a quick celebration with Champagne all round.....................then it started........beer, wine.....etc etc................all very messy !!!
22/2/15
Very messy this morning.................GAWD, what a hangover !!!!!
Took loads of stick from rest of the crew + skipper...............
23/2/15
Work on boat, later in the evening Any and i went for a walk around Road Town......we met a dude called Marvin, he was asking for money so he can have his feet amputated......................YEAH right !!!
We eventually met Kevin in the Pussers Bar, we had a couple of "Pain killers" (Rum based cocktail)............Andy and i had 2 each and decided enough was enough and departed for the boat. Skipper, however, stayed on talking to some random guys and reckoned there were going to start an oldies rock band...................mmmmmmmmmmmmm...............rum talking we reckon.............we never saw that night ............but next morning................
24/2/15
Ooooooo......hang on hers Kevin..........or is it Death warmed up !!!!! Gwad and i thought i looked bad the other night.............what a state he was in.....................10 Pain killers dont do you a load of good !!!!!! World be warned !!!!!
In the afternoon we all jumped into the car for a road trip around Tortola............we got to Smugglers Bay and had a fantastic swim..............lovely jubbly !!!
We eventually drove further long the northen coast to Long Bay or the next one, not too sure where stops and the next starts !!!!
Into a local baech bar we all trundled.......Andy & i had Stella's , as we were'nt driving, We all ordered pizza, apparently there was a bit of a wait as the woman was making them on her on..............fair enough, no major rush......................however, an hour or so later only mine had a rrived, we waited a bit longer, then said boll## to it...........we eventually got all the drinks for free including the beers................Kevin on water...........aaaaaaaaaaaa !!!!!!!!!!!!!
25/2/15
Took Andy to the airport today..................big sad to see him go...............always have a good laugh with him, not the same without him.
Return the car to the hire company...........Kevin accidently left his bag in the reception there.............DOH...........he collects next morning.
Anyway, we get everything ready on the boat to leave in the morning.
26/2/15
Left Road Town harbour about 11:45, all went well until we were about to leave the marina when suddenly a gust of wind took my / Bryn's hat off my head and threw it into the dock....................aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa...........................luckily a guy and his wife were passing in their rib....................he swiftly went back for it and brought it back to the boat. I collected it from the sugar scoop / transom step.
Brilliant cheers mate.
Lovely sail through the BVI islands with Genoa up.................flying along at 7 to 8 knots.
Fishing line deployed.........we awaited our first fish.
Arrived Puerto del Rey 22:00 local time...................what an event/effort that was, getting onto the mooring.....the marina people were hopeless, they did eventually come down to help, we just had no idea where the finger we were supposed to be on was in relation to the entrance.........gawd, then it started to rain a heavy shower...............Kevin did a brilliant job getting us safely into what i will say was a tight squeeze..............only 30cms on one side !!!!!...............
Village Cay marina in Road Town
An anchorage on the west side of the island
Yours truly on Smugglers Bay beach, prior to the swim
getting in .............
view down the beach...............gawd......can't do with these crowds ....
yours truly .....after swim
Andy & Caro attacking me.................
house on the beach road
sunset on Long bay
leaving BVI's ..........
some passing traffic...........
about to leave the islands
a few properties on the last island
bye bye BVI's
hello AVI's
