Bitter End Yacht Club that is at east end of Virgin Gorda in the BVI.

We’re here to meet up with the Salty Dawg rally; an informal gathering of yotters heading north to USA next Saturday. Only problem is that the forecast seems to suggest we will sit here while all the wind blows away.

Its very frustrating to lie around all day listening to the wind whisltling past while the forecast says flat calms a week from now.

Consequently, we've decided to leave the rally festivities and leave crack of dawn tomorrow Tuesday. There should be good wids to take us to north of Bahamas over next 4-5 days. Thereafter, its looking a bit calm.

The BVI has seen quite a bit of development since we last spent time here, fifteen years ago.

Richard Branson has built a new resort opposite Necker Island. Now he’s moved in full time I guess he wants to move the guests to the next island.

Marina Cay, the tiny one pub island we visited way back is still there and serving a delicious Painkiller to slurp as the sun goes down.
Tonight we have a “Dinghy Drift”. Apparently we are to fill our dinghy with cocktails, mixers and nibbles, motor to the windward end of the lagoon then drift on the wind while getting quietly plastered. Not sure what the RNLI would make of this.