Cooper & Virgin Gorda

 

January 18-19, 2023

Kirby leads the crew as Captain with full responsibilities for FBG as we raise anchor and sail to Cooper Island.

Another great sailing day as the chart indicates.
A couple tacks were required to clear St. John and
Peter Island, but a favorable wind shift then carried 
FBG to Cooper Island without another tack!

Secure at the mooring ball, the crew goes

swimming in the clear, warm Caribbean Sea.

This cute cottage was ashore near our mooring.

These fruits? were everywhere in the trees
above Joey and Tim.

This gent was collecting those fruits,
but I don't recall their intended use.

The 19th included a stop at The Baths at the southern end of 
Virgin Gorda, before continuing to the Bitter End Yacht Club
in Gorda Sound at the northern end of the island.

This storm appeared from behind Cooper Island 
just as John, our Captain today, had the crew
drop the mooring and depart.

Captain John did a great job managing the
event and took FBG away from the storm's path. 

Thankfully it was a small, local disturbance and FBG
only had a few minutes of rain and bluster before
separating from the weather.

At the Baths, we dinghied to the floats outlining
the swimming area, then had to swim along the floats
to the beach.

We followed a path climbing to the park office, then began
the wonderful hike to the shoreline and entrancing
boulders and washing waves.
For the panorama, Click Here.

That's FBG in the center.

Nicole and John enjoy the view for the very top.

Jada and Murph at the top.

Nicole makes a new friend.

The sail from the baths to the Bitter End Yacht Club

was another beautiful transit across the water.

Upon arrival, John had the crew secure FBG

to a mooring.

At the beach off the BEYC.

The BEYC bar was a boat!

Murph's meal

Stars on a clear night at our mooring.