Finally we leave St Martin – after waiting all day for a call about an Optimist we might want to buy (which turns out to need too much fixing for us to commit – exhausted as we are after all the poo fixing of recent times) we head off for an overnight sail to Virgin Gorda in the British Virgin Islands.
We celebrate our last day (until we come back before we leave for Panama) by jumping a lot.
Virgin Gorda seems lovely. We head straight to ‘the Baths’, a famous snorkelling site within the island’s natural reserve. The water is warm and crystal clear, and we snorkel ashore, and spend hours in and out of the warm water. It is like a gigantic heated swimming pool, decorated with beautiful corals and colourful fish. Later, after dinner at anchorage, Matias swears he sees a seal!?! We’ll go search for that tomorrow…
SV Bob The Cat 