North Sound, Virgin Gorda, BVI

March 19, 2011: We left nanny Cay Marina on Tortolla about 1030 with nice breezes. Unfortunately the wind was coming from the very direction we were attempting to go so we ended up tacking back and forth across our courseline until about 3p.m. when we finally turned on the "iron wind" (engine) to make sure we arrived in Virgin Gorda's North Sound by sunset. We arrived at Leverick Bay and were hooked up to a mooring ball by 5p.m. We enjoyed our cocktails and dinner on the boat.

March 21:

We went ashore to explore and to have lunch at the beach bar, Jumbies. The weather was very breezy but sunny. There is not much to Leverick Bay except for 2-3 shops and a very small but well-stocked grocery! Charlie's watch has not worked since he replaced the battery so we bought him another one at the Dive shop. A shirt and a pocket backpack was purchased from the Pusser's Store. We ate dinner on the boat. More boats were there at the mooring field that night (17).

March 22, 2011

After going ashore to try to get online for

e-mail and news, The wind was not quite as strong as the last two days, but there were scattered showers off and on. We returned to the boat, unhooked from the mooring and morored across the sound to The Bitter End Yacht Club mooring field. It took a while to find an acceptable mooring ball. Once attached, we departed for shore and a delicious oven pizza at the Crawl Pub. It kept sprinkling off and on. After lunch we browsed around the Bitter End area, bought Chas a T-shirt and Sharon a Bitter End visor.

Once back on the dinghy, we rode over to the Brias Creek Resort where we left the dinghy at their dinghy dock. We walked over to the beach on the other side at Big Bay. It was practically deserted but very pristine with lovely chairs and hammocks. They

serve a lunch for $35.00 + drinks and gratuity every day, but we were there after lunch. Drinks were $10.00 each. I was so chilly that I had to put a jacket on while at the beach. we passed 2 tennis courts, a garden, stables and a heliport on the way to the beach. We did walk up the hill to their special restaurant where athe set price for dinner $85 excluding drinks and gratuity. the menu did not look that spectacular so we did not make reservations. the views were spectacular being able to see both Caribbean and North Sound. We went back to the boat for a salmon, wild rice, green beans and salad dinner after our cocktail hour. As usual, we had some rain overnight.

March 22, 2011

After breakfast, we went back to The Bitter End and walked all the way around the beaches to the cut out past Saba Rock. A family was learning to parasail so we watched them as we backed in the sun. Charlie had tried to get online from the boat to no

avail and we were told that we could only get online at the Bitter End restaurants. Then a lady at the beach told us she could get on to the Saba rock wifi. so I am currently at the Bitter end restaurant toward the Saba Rock side using the Saba rock free wifi. The hobie cats stopped at Saba Rock for lunch.

We will depart North Sound to sail, wind permitting, to Spanishtown, Virgin Gorda, BVI tomorrow. We have to go to Spanishtown to clear out of BVI customs before we depart for St. Martin.