British Virgin Islands, Part I

We sailed from St. John to Tortola, British Virgin Islands on April 11, 2016, only 10.5 nautical miles.  We checked in to customs and immigration in Road Town and was able to procure a dock for a night at BVI Yacht Charters, where we had chartered a boat four years ago.  Our first task, after filling the water tanks, was a trip to Pusser’s for Painkillers!  Internet service has been a challenge since leaving the U.S. and we have a collection of SIM cards, and now we have another one for the BVI’s called LIME.  We waited for our cruising friends on Tulum III to join us in Tortola before we sailed to Norman Island and The Bight.  There is some great snorkeling at the Caves just around the point from The Bight and we took some great pictures with our new underwater camera.  The Willy T’s is one of those must go to places for cruisers, a good time with our friends on Tulum III.  A very short distance away are three rocks called The Indians, where we experienced the best snorkeling so far in the BVI’s.  The next day we took a mooring ball and snorkeled from our boat to The Baths, a very unique formation of large granite boulders.  After crawling and swimming through them you end up on Devil’s Bay, a gorgeous white sand beach.  We walked the trails up to the Top of The Baths where we enjoyed a champagne breakfast and a dip in the fresh water pool.  Our next stop was Saba Rock in the North Sound of Virgin Gorda.  Here we said goodbye to our cruising friends, Rudolph and Elisa, on Tulum III as they head south to the Windward Islands.