Date: 05/16/2011 Local time: 2230 Location: Coral Bay, St. John Weather: Gentle Breeze, Showers Title: Checking Out After breakfast we went ashore and walked to the other side of the Bay where there is a more upscale establishment for tourists. Barry introduced us to a friend of his named Betsy who ran a little consignment shop. Mirko also found a bar called Island Blue with free WiFi. We had lunch and then caught the bus for Cruz Bay. We had to go over to ...

Date: 05/15/2011Local time: 2130Location: Coral Bay, St. JohnWeather: Gentle Breeze, OvercastTitle: St. Thomas to Coral Bay We cast off the private mooring about 8am and headed for Coral Bay. On the way we practiced reefing and un-reefing a couple of times. Barry seemed to be happy with my performance. He said, "You're a fore-deck man!". When we got outside a little, we raised the mainsail and set the sails for a close reach, arriving at Coral Bay about 1130. ...

Date: Wed, 11 May 2011 Place: Coral Bay, USVI Title: Now We are Three Today we went over to the Cruz Bay side of the Island to pick up Mirko. We weren't sure which ferry he was arriving on so we just camped out at the bar and checked each one. From Barry's description, I was pretty sure I would be able to pick him out. Sure enough, after about the third ferry we checked, I spotted a long haired, dark skin gypsy-like guy with a huge back pack, I met him on...