Stacie's flight came in at 12:25 on Sunday. Jonas and I took the dinghy over to Trellis Bay to pick her up. She was a long time getting through Customs, and we were relieved when they finally let her into the country! We spent the rest of the day at Marina Cay, had Happy Hour ashore, and followed that with dinner at the Pusser's restaurant.

Next morning (Monday), we set sail for Anegada, known as "the Drowned Isle". Anegada is quite different from the other Virgin Islands, in that is is a coral atoll, and quite flat. To get there, you sail about 3 to 4 hours across mostly open ocean, and then motor through a nail-bitingly shallow passage into the anchorage. Thankfully, the passage is marked, but our depth sounder was reading less than a foot all the way in, and then read zero once we were in! We picked up a mooring buoy, but after Jonas did a little snorkel and reported that we had only an inch below the keel, we left that one and found some deeper water to anchor in. We ended up with a whole eight inches of water below us!

Tuesday, we took a taxi to the North Shore, to Loblolly Beach, and snorkelled for a couple of hours, before returning to Sea Otter for lunch, and the we set off, out of the shallow pass and across the open sea, to the North Sound, on the north side of Virgin Gorda. We picked up a mooring ball at Leverick Bay, and went ashore for "Happy Arrr", a show put on by Michael Bean, who Jonas and I last saw perform at Marina Cay, six years ago. It was a really good time, and we all enjoyed ourselves.

After another snorkeling trip, Wednesday morning, we moved Sea Otter to the other side of the Sound, and picked up a mooring off Saba Rock. We were also within easy dinghy distance of the Bitter End Yacht Club, and went to the pub there for dinner.

Today, Thursday, we decided to take it easy. Jonas went out snorkelling in the morning, but Stacie and I stayed on board and relaxed. Jonas came back and reported that the snorkelling was superb, so we all went out after lunch. After we returned, as we were showering off on the stern, Gerry on s/v Chinook Arch came by in his dinghy, to say hello to a fellow Albertan (our port of registry is Edmonton, and it is written on our stern). A short conversation later, we had figured out that he and his wife, Dawn, are actually next door neighbours of Jonas' parents, Jack and Carol. What a small world! So, of course, we had the two of them aboard for cocktails and had a very pleasant visit with them.