On Thursday, 1/26/12 we went to visit old Sam on his boat in the morning- bartered a single side band radio for some varnish and hardware. Pulled anchor around 11:15 and motor-sailed east for 3 hours, traveling 10 miles to Bahia Salina del Sur to stage for our crossing the Virgin Passage to St.Thomas. We left early on Friday in the rain. First motor-sailed, but then we were able to just sail- tacking across 20K of wind and high seas. Made it to our ultimate destination and "second home" of St. Thomas by 3:00pm, anchoring in the main harbor of Charlotte Amalie. We have history with St. Thomas- my parents have owned a condo there for many years and our whole family vacations there frequently. Mom and Dad just happened to be on the island and we were able to spend much time with them. Leiby worked on the boat while I went to the beach. We also provisioned, did laundry and went out to eat- something we have rarely done this year. We were happy to talk to Coral on her birthday- 1/29/12. Mom and Dad carted us around in their unusually colored rental car- it acquired several names, including: the Gecko Go-car; the Granny Smith Gofer; the Key Lime Cruiser and the Chartreuse Goose. Mom and Dad left on Tuesday, 1/31/12 and we met our friend Robbie in town. Robbie had some boat batteries he was able to sell to us, if we could pick them up in St. Croix. On Thursday we pulled anchor around 8:30 and sailed to Rendezvous Bay, St. John. We were anchored by 1:15pm- dove on the boat and scraped the bottom of it. Left early Friday and had a nice beam-reach, port tack sail to Christiansted, St. Croix. We picked up a free, transient mooring ball at 2:15pm. Yesterday, we were able to get and install the new boat batteries. Today, we are in a marina- our first one since before Christmas. We needed to plug in to shore power to get a good charge on the new batteries. We will also use this opportunity to find a place to watch the super bowl game tonight. Pictured: Esperanza, Vieques; Coming in to anchor in Charlotte Amalie;View from our back door, Charlotte Amalie; the Magen's Bay shot; Mom and Dad and the Chartreuse Goose; Robbie and Leiby; Rainbow over Charlotte Amalie; sharing our anchorage with up to 5 cruise boats at a time; at the fuel dock, St. Croix Marine.
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