Tropical Wave & Christmas Cove
18 May 2017 | St.James
Warm, humid
For the last few days, the USVI & BVI have in a tropical wave - looks like San Francisco in July with grey skies and a grey fog like haze except that it's not 57 degrees and blowing a cool 25 knots, but instead very warm and humid and blowing 15 knots of warm humid air. Reminds us also Mazatlan in May and how foolish we were not to buy the boat with AC and a generator! We did install AC last year and it works fantastic when parked at the dock 😕.
We are in Christmas Cove on St.James which is a first for us. The anchorage has about 10 boats- not even close to the number we've observed here in the past which is why we've never stopped. The ferry & snorkeling tour traffic keeps the boats rocking more frequent than we'd like - hopefully it calms down this evening. Our biggest decision today is whether to drop the dinghy so we can get pizza from the boat restaurant Pizza Pi.....
Our afternoon snorkel and swim was great until the end when we notice someone was leaking diesel and we were swimming in it- uhggg. Late afternoon another cruising couple stopped by- really enjoyed talking with them and we hope to cross paths again next season. As for dinner, we ordered the pizza & it was great- enough for our dinner and two lunches!