The Virgin Islands’ morning was usually quiet.
Stable easterly wind made sure the boat on the mooring ball only swing in a small range.
Without big movement and consequently mooring lines scratching the front of the hulls, we
had very good sleep overnight.
Living on the boat, we mostly sit, stand or lie down.
It’s good to stretch and do some cardio whenever there is chance.
Today’s plan is to sail to Megans bay beach, one of the best beaches in the entire Caribbean,
a mile long sandy beach sandwiched by hills on the both sides.
We’ll be down wind all the way with the wind about 15 knots, which is perfect.
One of the down side of self tacking jib is that the
jib track is not long enough by any means.
It’s only limited to the center of the boat.
In a reaching situation, the clew is pulled inward closing the leech.
Some people suggested jury rigging a second line through the clew, lead it to a block
on the beam, then back to winch.
With this extra line, you can ease the jib sheet more to open the leech and use this
new line to adjust sail angle.
Since we need to jibe multiple times, I’ll save some trouble.
Honestly we don’t mind sailing a little bit slower.
We are in such a beautiful place after all.
There is no need to hurry.
With easterly wind, the best way to sail to Megans bay beach is to cut through these two
small islands, then jibe going down wind.
Not a surprise, the sea became rougher when we approached the deeper area, but not nearly
as bad as yesterday when we sailed south.
After making the cut, the sea became smoother.
The
northern side of St. Thomas, with all the houses on the cliff, it’s quite a different
view from St. John.
It kinda remind me of Northern California In my opinion, this is one of the nicest places
to sail around.
It’s time to immerse ourselves in this scenic route . In no time, we’ll reach Megans bay
beach.
After the final jibe passing the reef, we were in the horseshoe shaped bay.
Dropped the main, furled the jib.
Between the hills on both sides, it’s a mile long white sandy beach, clear, serene
water with all shades of blue.
Dropped the anchor, attached bridle, now it’s time to relax and take in all of this.
I doubt there are many lunch spots better than this.
After lunch, it’s time to explore.
Tomorrow will be our last day in the Virgin Islands.
Thanks for watching.
See you in the next video.