The search can stop!!! We’ve found the perfect anchorage in the BVIs!! I hesitate to give you this information but I trust none of you will share this with cruisers headed this way 😉😁. We’re currently anchored in Lee Bay, Great Camanoe Island and it’s the absolute perfect spot for us! When we arrived here on Dec. 4th, we were the second boat here and then that boat left. Within an hour or so 2 boats had joined us. One of those boats we had met just the day before at the Baths.
Our first trip to the Baths on Dec. 3rd was done by dinghy. We thought we could go to a beach, leave the dinghy and check things out. As we approached, we discovered things were a bit more complicated so we went in search of some help. There was a couple sitting in their cockpit close to the Baths (on a mooring ball). Their boat looked like a Whitby (ketch) so we stopped for information. Turned out the boat (named Passage) was an Allied Princess 39 (ft) 1970s vintage and the couple, Marina and Hayden, were from Maui, Hawaii. Marina (the captain) was born in the BVIs but travelled all around the world first with her parents and then with her first husband. We had a nice little chat with them before returning to Crimson Kathyrn and moving the boat closer to the Baths. Fast forward to our perfect anchorage where Passage joined us. Mark and I had a great swim in the afternoon and Mark went snorkelling with Hayden. We invited Marina and Hayden over for happy hour and had a great visit (until 8 pm) with them. In the morning (Dec. 5th) we waved goodbye to Passage.
We have had a few days to enjoy this mostly secluded anchorage. There is no roll and because the land is low in front of us, we have a constant breeze keeping us very stable! Each day boats leave and new ones join. Friday night was definitely the craziest with 8 boats anchored here and 2 of them (chartered catamarans) rafted up together and had a party. Fortunately they didn’t keep the noise up for long and they were pretty far from us!! We’ve swam and snorkelled and today we went for a dinghy ride (plus more snorkelling).
It’s been so nice here that we’ve even managed to get a few boat jobs done!! The individual chairs in our main cabin were in need of new cushions so Mark and I took them apart and put the new foam in (for both chairs). Today we replaced the hatch we had installed in our cockpit last season. The not even one year old cockpit hatch broke at the end of last season so hopefully this new one will last longer. It’s slightly larger so some skill saw work was required to cut the hole larger. It was a bit of a messy job but only took a few hours!
In the morning (Dec. 8th) we’ll pull up anchor and make our way over to Great Harbour on Jost Van Dyke. Mark will go back to Customs and Immigration to clear out of the BVIs. After that we’ll make the 5 nm jump to St. John Island, USVI and clear in with the ROAM app. Slowly making our way back to Puerto Rico.
Crimson Kathryn and her crew 