The next morning, we slept in a bit and had coffee at Saba Rock before departing the North Sound mid-morning and heading to the Dog Islands. It turns out that finding a dark boat in the pitch black darkness isn’t easy! Luckily, after about 20 minutes of weaving in and out of sailboats in the dark, we eventually located “Moonshadow.” We had forgotten to turn on the LED string lights, which we used to identify our boat among many, when we departed for dinner. These would all become mainstays for us on our adventure.Īfter our time at Saba, we departed in our dinghy, only to discover that we couldn’t locate our boat in the dark (despite our headlamps), and spent a good half hour zigzagging across the mooring field looking for our boat. Dinner at Gene’s Bar and Grill did not disappoint, and we loved sampling the curries, tiki masala, fresh seafood, and conch fritters that the islands are known for. This drink would become a mainstay for us on our island-hopping that week.

The five of us grabbed a late dinner that night, and our first “Painkiller” cocktail of the trip (a fabulous mixture of rum, pineapple juice, and cream of coconut, and topped with a little shaved nutmeg). After saying farewell to our kids, who were lucky enough to spend the week with their Grandparents (THANK YOU!), we headed to the airport to begin what would be over 24 hours of travel before arriving in the British Virgin Islands.Īfter flying through Newark (on the red eye) and San Juan, Puerto Rico, we arrived on the island of Tortola, where we met up with Keith and headed to our chartered catamaran, “Moonshadow.” After a 45 minutes taxi ride from the airport to Manuel Reef Marina, we greeted our 44′ catamaran and dropped our duffels and gear (shout out to the Osprey Duffels that were a godsend to us on this voyage!).

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