BVI Charter Day 1

Just as I suspected, quarter to twelve and what do we hear but the patter of little rain drops!
Our guests did not arrive at noon, as one of them thought he had left his camera in the hotel room so had to get the taxi to turn back to Apple Bay. Apparently they stayed over at Sebastians on Apple Bay, and as per usual, 5 of them were supposed to come in on the 7PM flight from San Juan that was 2 hours delayed, so they did not arrive at the hotel until about 11. The kitchen was closing, and they tried to bribe the cook to keep it open to feed them for a hundred dollars, which he turned down!! Saying he wanted to go home! business must be good on the island!
When I saw the dinghy pulling up to the yacht with ZZ top lookalikes in it, I knew that it would be an interesting week! In their favor, they brought the least amount of luggage I have ever seen on this boat (maybe they just decided that showering and changing was not needed on a boys week away?)


Off we wander to the caves at Norman Island for a snorkel. Great sail on the way over, with winds over 20 knots and soon we had at least 3 seasick and a couple hooting and hollering as they loved it! Stomachs eased as we anchored and snorkel gear was found by all and into the water we went. It was decided that Willy T's was not beckoning that much tonight, but fishing sure was so our next bright idea was to go over to Peter Island, to White Bay, where we always have good fishing at night. It was lovely at the caves, until we pulled up anchor, rounded the point and a squall with 35 knot winds came straight at us. So much for the stomachs that had eased! A couple were looking decidedly green by the time we arrived and one was having an adventure of a lfetime, commenting to me that he had never even lived in a house with an icemaker never mind a yacht with an icemaker! They all brought their own large cups inscribed with their names and BVI cruise 2005, and they pulled out cartons of the cutest little crown royal bottles in bags I have ever seen. Think airplane size, with individual bags!! Pretty gusty at White Bay, coming over the hill there, but only two other boats. We brought out the fishing poles and promptly caught a couple little fish for bait. We hooked a couple sharks as well throughout the night, which broke the lines, and one good sized horse eyed jack that we always seem to catch here. You would think he would learn! After a great barbecue of ribs (in between the rain storms) and several bottles of Dom for dinner I left the boys (alot of testoterone on the boat, a lot, one poor female who will struggle (or not!) to hold her own) to their fishing and other activities on the back deck and departed for bed. Blustery this morning, and we had some heavy rain in the night as well. Funny to hear this morning from a guest of a cruise ship they watched go back and forth outside the islands last night, as they have to arrive at port in the morning so their guests can watch you know! These cruise ships need like, a half an hour to get to the next port, but they manage to stretch it out all night.
Todays excitement, taking ZZ Top for a resort dive, yep, all 8 big boys!

And the weather forecast in the BVI?? Well, it just gets more interestin Here is a sample of what we have to look forward to. When it is Monday morning and they have issued a small craft advisory until Wednesday evening, we know we are in trouble!
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON...

.TODAY...NORTHEAST WINDS 18 TO 23 KNOTS. GUSTS UP TO 35 KNOTS IN THE
MORNING. SEAS 4 TO 5 FEET IN EAST NORTHEAST SWELLS. NUMEROUS SHOWERS
AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS.
.TONIGHT...NORTHEAST WINDS 20 TO 25 KNOTS. SEAS 5 TO 6 FEET IN
NORTHEAST SWELLS. NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS.
.TUESDAY...EAST NORTHEAST WINDS 19 TO 24 KNOTS WITH GUSTS TO AROUND
35 KNOTS. SEAS 6 TO 7 FEET IN EAST NORTHEAST SWELLS. SWELLS BECOMING
SOUTHEAST LATER. NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...EAST NORTHEAST WINDS 20 TO 25 KNOTS. SEAS 6 TO
7 FEET IN SOUTHEAST SWELLS. NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND ISOLATED
THUNDERSTORMS.
.WEDNESDAY...EAST NORTHEAST WINDS 18 TO 24 KNOTS WITH GUSTS TO AROUND
35 KNOTS. SEAS 6 TO 7 FEET IN SOUTHEAST SWELLS. SWELLS BECOMING
NORTHEAST LATER. NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS.