Great report. I felt bad that you tacked 25 times between Great Thatch and Soper's. We have frequently adopted what we call our Villa 6 rule. When coming out from Soper's we travel up the South coast of Tortola and do not do any serious sailing until we can see Villa 6 at Frenchman's Cay Resort. We stayed there 15 years ago, and it is a great way to judge when we are should start beating our way to Norman. With the winds you were describing, I can only feel your pain as you realized, yet again, that you were not going to clear St. John. Been there, done that, at least 30 times. <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/duh.gif" alt="" />