I have been absent from TTOL for a bit, I need to check in here more and away from the FB drama! .....I was so excited to see this post!! Hard to believe I joined 23 years ago last month! This was our OG social media.
So funny note, Redondo Rock was also dubbed "Redundant Rock" because it just never seemed to go away LOL, anyone who makes long passages knows the "entertainment" is watching the open ocean world go by, this rock never seemed to leave our sight! That trip and moniker makes me laugh out loud literally when I think about it. It was my first long distance sail ever! And boy did that ever set a lifetime of memories in motion. I have now completed numerous passages with Tony and Melody on Utopia and Dirk and Sandy on Le Reve, as well as a recent down island trip again past Redundant Rock on a friends boat named Soggy Doggy. (also makes me laugh because that would have been a perfect name for Saildoggie's boat if he had ever had one in charter !)
I have made more true and dear friends as an adult from TTOL connections than I could have imagined. Not to mention everyone who has repped my shirts over the years and awesomely also became friends!
I am reminded of the TTOL party and gathering days by Dirk and Sandy's recent launch of Treasure the BVI, the idea of a community is taking off again, you can follow here and see how many new friendships are evolving from this new endeavor! There is actually a launch party this weekend at Saba that many who are there are attending and a lot of the chatter harkens back to the hey day of TTOL. The nice thing too is this page is a welcome respite from the FB Charter page, which is full of drama!
Treasure the BVI CommunityPlease check it out and join and this forum has been referenced numerous times there with great fondness and appreciation. Dirk posted a great video from the TTOL Dinghy Poker Run in 2011!!! If you go to page scroll back to March posts to see it.
I think the two sites will go hand in hand very well!!
Captain Kris from Sea Trek said it best there!
"Hey everyone! Thanks for starting this page, it’s giving me the old TTOL day vibes! Can’t wait until the end of May when we kick off our 24th summer at SeaTrek BVI."
Dirk even created a new BVI drink that's a take on the painkiller! I had one last week when I was down and its a winner! Called "The Treasure"
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cheers all!
🍼 Official Base Recipe (The Treasure)
Dialed in to perfection…
2 oz dark rum (or aged Caribbean rum)
1 oz coconut rum 🥥
½ oz coconut cream
2 oz fresh pineapple juice 🍍
1 oz passionfruit juice 🌴
Dash fresh ground nutmeg
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