Lets Start Island Hopping!
Lindbergh Bay, St. Thomas : With the weather forecast improving, we can start moving again. After filling our water tanks, we motor around the airport to Lindbergh Bay (a gentle reminder how rough the water is in winds gusting to 23. We've been anchored too long). The anchorage is a little rolly, but we find a nice patch of sand in 15 ft of water and put on our swell bridle. sv Encore follows us around and anchors next door. Summary : Total time 0:49 min, avg speed 3.8 kts, total mileage 3.1 nm, 2 engine motor. Garmin BlueChart routing, 2.5 nm! We're closer to the grocery, so we can provision up for the two weeks we have scheduled in St. John. There are also two beach restaurants here (all Brewer's is lacking), wifi and best of all, more friends already anchored (sv Outta Control)! A girl's lunch is quickly planned but we can't wait that long and the three boats quickly assemble a laundry run. The girls aren't ready to end our "girls lunch...