Craig Barker

App failed to start. We started the day with dinghy trouble after rain. See last log Gave up on dinghy and motored to Spoil Cay and around Whale Cay though the cut. Anchored outside New Plymouth and got dinghy going eventually. Water in fuel? Lunch st The Wrecking Tree. Awesome cracked conch and lobster. Amazing. Sailed in stormy weather through Whale Cay Cut and around Whale Cay— see pics. Dropped sails near the pilings for old Disney Cruise line area and Spoil Cay. Anchored past Baker’s Bay off Big Joes Point. 7-8 ft water. 60-70 ft chain. Wind from north now. Should swing toward west by 1 am.

Left Grabbers area after lunch Raised sail on anchor. All sailing to Water Cay. No problems. Great sunshine. Great views. Favorite afternoon. Anchored in 7-8 ft with 60+ ft of chain. Did not get there in time for campfire at Water Cay but would’ve worked. Wind picked up and swung us around. Rained hard and dinghy wouldn’t start to look at the area better in the morning. Tried about 30 minutes and left.

Left Matt Lowe’s cay without problems. Sail went up pretty easy (tail of new sail bag caught). Good sail to the Scotland Lagoon. First anchor attempt seemed to slip. Second much better. Dinghy ran well. Walked on beach. Anchor lifted two cables of some sort. Able to get them to release and moved on. Karmen was alert. Then motored to Grabbers for anchor and lunch.

Motored out of marina late due to provisioning. Did not raise sails. Anchored in 6-7 ft with 60’ chain. Wind changed at night but anchor held.

Cool November day. Winds 15 or less. Some gusts

Changed out trampolines and job sheet on my Hobie Getaway. Relaxing slow sail afterwards

More peaceful Exited slip. Returned to slip Tight maneuvering to fuel dock Fueled and returned to slip

Good winds. Long sail around Tortola. Karmen and I raised anchor and sails without help. Up narrow channel. Practiced med mooring procedure. Docking practice with Bradley

Some rain. Good winds. Started with maneuvering and mooring ball practice. Raised sails with Karmen. Sailed to Virgin Gorda. Doused sails with Karmen. Motored into tight anchorage. Anchor drug first attempt. Repeat after maneuvering.

Upwind with tacks. 1 reef in. Practiced Karmen furling jib and dousing main. Practiced Man over board. Anchored 16-18 ft. 94 ft chain. Grilled pork chops at Peter island.