We left Anguilla in the dark at 4:30 AM and made the long haul to the BVI. There was little wind and we motor-sailed all the way. Our solid vang parted from the mast and Sam was able to reattach it temporarily while under way.

We stopped in Leverick Bay, Virgin Gorda, BVI and fixed the vang and one other standing rigging problem and did laundry. The trip south through the Sir Francis Drake Passage was rainy and wet (and even foggy - the first we have seen here). There was a regatta going on and so we had to dodge the boats also.

We arrived at Waterlemon Cay (Leinster Bay), St. John in the mid-afternoon and relaxed. We walked to the old Annaburg Sugar Mill ruins (now partially restored). St. John is a US National Park. The picture is of Sam at the Sugar Mill ruins. In St John, they do not have dinghy docks, so you have to "beach" the dinghy to go ashore - and then there is no place to tie the dinghy (trees are a "no-no"). We got quite wet and sandy beaching the dinghy there. Snorkeling is good and it is nicely protected.

From Waterlemon Cay we went around the corner to Maho Bay. For the first time in months, Sam's Sprint phone worked. And ... as luck would have it ... we got the phone working and the refrigerator quit. We were able to arrange for repairs on St Thomas and relocated to Crown Bay. The repair to the refrigerator was successful and we spent a couple more days relaxing again in Charlotte Amalie (Crown Bay), St. Thomas.