Originally Posted by LocalSailor
...simple boats - 35' Pearsons etc., -- iceboxes, 12 volt lighting , alcohol stoves, Atomic 4 engines, rowing dinghys, paper charts, --- things every captain was familiar with -- and anchoring was the only way, no mooring fields.
Quite a change in my 45 years of Virgin Island sailing!!!


Ah, yes those were the days. Traumerei, (my childhood home) had just an icebox, no shower and no hot water. Back then we were often the only boat in White Bay. Sometimes Bill Mills would take us out on his yacht, Big Blue, when he wasn’t chartering it and I thought I had died and gone to heaven: air conditioning, ice cream (it even had a freezer!), hot water, electric head, showers...now almost all the boats have this standard. Times definitely have changed. I miss the old BVI but have to admit I’ve gotten a bit spoiled with a fridge and shower! Oh and the electric head! I have even gone over to the other side and I’m contemplating buying a Cat. My mother and stepfather are rolling over in their graves!


Sue
s/v Ripple
Leopard 40

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