British Virgin Islands, Part II

One of the advantages of paying for a mooring ball at $30 per night at Saba Rock is you get up to 100 gallons of free water and a free bag of ice.  After we received our “freebies”, we dropped anchor just west of the Saba Rock mooring field in 50 feet of water.  Thank goodness it was calm as we barely have enough scope for this deep water.  We stayed two nights, exploring the east end of the North Sound in Virgin Gorda before departing to the west end at Leverick Bay.  We anchored near the mooring field in 18 feet of water, much better!  Leverick Bay Resort and Marina is quite popular among the cruisers with shopping, laundry, dive shop, Pusser’s Store, pool, restaurants, bars, Jumbies, and entertainment by Michael Bean, a native of Grand Haven, Michigan.  He is a great family entertainer, engaging everyone in the fun as you can see.  We talked with him after the show, and had a picture with him.  The weather wasn’t cooperating, rain and clouds and high seas, so we decided to stay here a while and do some work on the boat.  Yes, we do work!  We repaired, cleaned, varnished, fixed, laundry, and provisioned and ended up staying here nine days.  We have recently figured out how to catch rain water into our water tanks, which eliminates the need (if it rains), to go to shore with five gallon jerry cans and buy water.  We departed Leverick Bay and arrived at Marina Cay and anchored in 30 feet of water.  Marina Cay is home to another Pusser’s store and live entertainment at the Robb White Bar with happy hour Painkillers!  Only stayed one night and sailed across the channel to Trellis Bay where we took a mooring ball.  Trellis Bay is home to the Full Moon Parties, Aragorn’s Art Studio, De Loose Mongoose, Trellis Bay Market and a few other stores.  The airport here on Beef Island is a five minute walk from Trellis Bay.  Small bay, but a fun place to visit and should not be missed!