Here's a post that got written but we didn't have internet for posting. Enjoy.
We've moved on again. We pulled up the anchor this morning about 0900 and headed out of the North Sound for Benure Bay. We've been in Benure several times and really enjoy it with it's great reef for snorkeling on and a path that leads up to the top of the hill for some great views. We were lucky and had decent wind as we headed west south west between the islands with a tremendous amount of boats sailing every where in the channel. We didn't know why but there were more boats out than we have ever seen. We did get our Digicel account topped off so we got on line and found that the Spring Regatta is going on and has for several days. That could be the reason that Saba Rocks mooring field was full by 1100 yesterday when we pulled in. We hadn't planned of taking one since it's $30 and we have a nice anchor at the bow.
We watched numerous sailboats out with Kevlar sails(real expensive sails)going every which way all with crew hanging off the upwind sides of their boats. We had to watch ourselves so that we didn't get in their way as "racers" can get quite upset if you ruin their plans. We did fine till we reached the west end of Peter Island where we turned south to sail over to Benure Bay. Ahead of us lay a big orange/red buoy. Not a good thing as that normally marks where race boats turn. We were in trouble. When we turned, there were no boats around us but within 15 minutes, we had them coming up on our stern--FAST!! We rounded the end of the island and had enough time to turn into the wind(going east)and pull in the rolled genoa sail at the bow. I'd started the engine as we made the turn so we had plenty of power to do what was needed. As we got out of their way, dozens of boats flew past our stern heading towards the red/orange marker. We stayed heading east till it was clear we were out of their way and then turned back south for Benure. We pulled in with 10 other boats, many of them stern tied to shore(heaven only knows why). Anchorages on the area are scarce as the regattas boats have desended on BVI en mass. The anchorage across the bay from us that normally has three boats in it now has seven with two more just anchored along the shore.
As the afternoon progressed, all the boats that had been tied to shore(all catamarans) left and headed out probably for Tortola but good luck getting a slip there. We had a couple more boats come in so we still have a few in here but far from a full anchorage. We have about 7 knots of wind from the east but no swells coming in as they pass right by the anchorage opening. We thinks we will stay here a few days before moving on.

In the category of "stored that too long", Tracy, while looking for something for dinner, found a couple of cans that looked pretty bad(SWOLLEN). In the past, from time to time, we've heard explosions inside Zephyr, normally from behind cushions in the main salon. Once, we though we'd been hit it was so loud. In the end, it always turns out to be a can of something or other that's just gone over the hill and has exploded. This time we got lucky. A can of Mangos(from South Africa) in light syrup as well as a can of tomatoes, were all ready to go. After the sun went down, I took the two cans out side and popped the lids. The tomatoes went with no problem but the Mangos had other ideas. As I bent the pop top tab to open it, it sounded like a gun went off. Maybe a 22 or a 32 caliber pistol!!! It also exploded lots of chunks of Mangos out of the top of the can. Luckily, it only covered my left arm and not the new T shirt I was wearing. A simple wash up was all that was necessary and we didn't have to clean up anything in the boat. Tracy's going to go through the rest of our food storage lockers and see what else is ready to blow. It can get out of hand real quick when one can goes off spraying what ever it's got in it over all the neighboring cans(yuck).