We will be back bareboating a jeanneay 36i, last two weeks of May 2019. This will be BVI sailing vacation # 17 over a about a 36 year period.

Or plan, is that we understand that some of our favorite places in the BVI are no longer there, have changed , or have been nicely rebuilt.

We are going to make the best with what we can enjoy, and not worry about what we cannot return to this year. Also, we are going to visit new places to us, that we have not been to previously, or have changed a bit, that will make it like a new place.

If interested, this is our sailing and land plan.

* We now bareboat charter with Conch, and used to stay at the Fort Burt Hotel, and eat and drink at the very near by restaurants and bars. Well, we are still sailing with Conch, but our first couple of nights ashore after arrival, will be
NANNY CAY HOTEL. Looks great, beach, swimming pool, three or four restaurants and bars and a very short taxi to Conch .

* Rite-way super market next to Conch is open, and we will use one of Conchs dock carts and wheel it over to the market, and stock up our provisions .
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

* The Willy T is history and destroyed in the Bight....on Norman, That was always our first destination and then the next morning, SAIL up to Virgin Gorda Sound and Leverick Bay. Not happening
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

* This trip, we will leave Conch and sail to Cooper Island, snorkel cistern point, go to the new Rum Bar, and then have dinner at the wonderful and restored COOPER ISLAND BEACH CLUB
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

* Cooper to LEVERICK BAY : Shorter sail , reefed down, with a small jib tacking up the Sir Francis Drake Channel to LEVERICK for the Friday Night beach bbq, band, dancing and the mocko jumbies. The party light is lit.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Gorda ( north sound ) VG:

( After Leverick, We usually would have one night ashore at SABA ROCK....we really liked it there, and happy hour, feeding the tarpon, and relating to the staff and great meals was perfect. That and the BEYC are not in operation. If the Sandbox at ViXEN POINT IS BACK UP IN MAY, we may stop one night there for their fabulous lobsters. toes in the sand, under the night sky. That is not a sure thing at this time...

What else to do up in GORDA SOUND.... we will dink out to Eustacia Sound and spend some time snorkeling. Again , we do the best with what we have, and not worry about what we dont have.. And most likely back to Leverick for a super marvelous
special dinner out at the classy upstairs restaurant.

FRESH BOAT WATER AT LEVERICK BAY MARINA. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

The next morning SAILS UP, the iron jenny shut down, We depart Leverick to SCRUB ISLAND RESORT :

Scrub Island Resort. Very new, very nice, great slips, protected by a reef, hiking, sea kayaking, panoramic views from the top of big scrub, swimming pool, beaches and snorkeling. Maybe some stand up paddling, Great restaurants and bars.
This is all brand new to us, and very much looking forward to having a grand new experience. FRESH BOAT WATER AT SCRUB.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

to: MARINA CAY : We know the previous view restaurant , on the beach , is not operating at this time, For years , we spent my birthday here, and dinner and the people and the views were outstanding and we loved Marina Cay.

New place, same place. Now , we will will probably snorkel ashore from the boat, pay for the mooring and make our reservations for the new out door , under tent, on the beach restaurant, and still that great view of the other islands.
Then snorkel back to the boat,. Later we will dink ashore, and we will feel partly new and partly fond memories. if the up the hill view bar is open, good chance for early happy hour, and we will dink in early, and party, and dance to live music. Last trip we met neat folks who were also sailing the BVI, and talked story and all were up dancing together having a super fun time. Then down the short walk to the restaurant, now the tent.

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Then, off to Jost van Dyke with a stop to snorkel at MONKEY POINT . Jost will be : Little Jost and the B-Line Beach Bar,, mooring there for the night. And the next day GREAT HARBOR, and walk over to White Bay. Then back to party at Corsairs and Foxys. Corsairs will also be new to us as will Hendos at White Bay. Our old friend THE SOGGY is generally super mobbed by Day Trippers. They clear out about 3:30 pm, and we can slide up to the bar in relative peace, before walking back over to Great Harbor. New and old all work together. FRESH BOAT WATER AVAILABLE AT GREAT HARBOR.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Possibly Sail across to CANEGARDEN BAY.

Quitos and Myetts are open and going strong. But, sadly, I have seen photos down on Canegarden Bay, with loads of beach loungers, umbrellas, and water toys. Looked like Coney Island or the Bahamas, and that is not our style. Others will feel differently.

---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Pass on SOPERS HOLE , for us this time.

________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Sail thru little thatch cut around the West End of Tortola

NANNY CAY, where we will reserve a slip, and sleep on board, and party down on the beach, beach tiki bar, and Peglegs. and top of our FRESH WATER AND FUEL. Fuel is not a problem for us monohulll sailors, we only use 7 to 8 Gallons of fuel in two weeks. Mostly to charge the batteries and pick up moorings.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Last night will be at PIRATES , at the Bight on NORMAN ISLAND. plus early snorkeling the INDIANS AND PELICAN ISLAND.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Then , return the jeanneau 36i, to Conch.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

That is our itinerary , but also all the above is weather dependent. For Jost, we need the NE trades, if it switches to the SE , then all harbors on Jost are open to the wind and the sea. Praying for NE winds.

Again, we are very much excited about returning to Sail the BVI, and are looking only at the positive aspects of the islands after Irma and Maria. This next BVI two week sailing vacation is going to be OUTSTANDING.