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Who Turned Off the Wind? If there is one thing you can count on in the British Virgin Islands - besides the beach bars, the sun and friendly people - it’s the wind.  So when our long time sailing friends Felicity and Seth decided to join us in the BVI, we were looking forward to sailing with them on Adventure I.  However the wind gods had something else in mind. After meeting our friends at the Nanny Cay marina, we headed out the next morning for the Baths.  Fortunately we had enough wind that day to get a bit of sailing in, with Felicity at the helm of course.  The Baths are a crazy formation of huge granite boulders where the sea washes between the rocks and shafts of light play upon the water creating a dramatic effect. There are beautiful beaches on either end and a cave system through the boulders which connects them.  The relatively lower winds meant a yellow warning flag at the Baths, so we tied Adventure I to a parks mooring ball, just a short distance f...
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Back to the British Virgin Islands, Sharing our Adventure with Family   The BVI is where it all began a year ago December when we set off to Grenada, and now we have come full circle and are returning to our original jumping off point. We had a long but uneventful 26 hour sail from Antigua to BVI.  We set off at 4 a.m. in the morning from Antigua, and then arrived in St. Maarten about 13 hours later.  Instead of checking in, we flew the quarantine (yellow flag) and stayed at anchor instead of going ashore.  We then left again the next morning at 4 a.m. and arrived in Road Town, BVI around 5 pm, just in time to clear customs and have the veterinarian, Deveaux, come meet Pirate and check her in as well.   As the sun was beginning to set, we headed off to Norman Island and were fortunate to find an unused mooring ball in the dark where we would stay for the next 2 nights, just relaxing before the arrival of our guests.  We went to Nanny Cay Marina in orde...
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